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NTP Monitor List Scanner

Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module identifies NTP servers which permit "monlist" queries and obtains the recent clients list. The monlist feature allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via spoofed requests. The more clients there are in the list, the greater the amplification.

Author(s)

  • hdm <x@hdm.io>

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/ntp/ntp_monlist
msf auxiliary(ntp_monlist) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(ntp_monlist) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(ntp_monlist) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(ntp_monlist) > run 

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