SolidState_NNTP

NNTP

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Nmap SolidState a NNTP service running on the target port 119 it’s running james nntpd likely from apache james

nntp is an application-layer protocol mostly used for transporting usenet news articles between news servers. Client applications can also inquire, retrieve, and post articles.

Default Ports

• nntp: 119
• nntps (nntps over tls): 563
• nnsp (server-server bulk transfer): 433

Initial Enumeration

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┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/archive/htb/labs/solidstate]
└─$ nc -nv $IP 119          
(UNKNOWN) [10.10.10.51] 119 (nntp) open
200 solidstate NNTP Service Ready, posting permitted

Banner grab with Netcat The server returned a code 200 with solidstate NNTP Service being ready. It also notes that posting is permitted

Speaking of NNTP enumeration, there are a few commands that I can try out

There are 4 newsgroups and none of them have articles

I tried posting something It’s supposed to post, but it doesn’t seem to work although I put the ”.” as termination.