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Using the SMB Share Enumeration auxiliary module without authentication, allows us to collect some valuable information, such as share names and OS versions and services packs:

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/smb/smb_enumshares msf auxiliary(smb_enumshares) > set RHOSTS 192.168.216.10,129RHOSTS => 192.168.216.10,129msf auxiliary(smb_enumshares) > run...[+] 192.168.216.129:139 - IPC$ - (I) IPC Service (metasploitable server (Samba 3.0.20-Debian))[+] 192.168.216.129:139 - ADMIN$ - (I) IPC Service (metasploitable server (Samba 3.0.20-Debian))[*] Scanned 2 of 2 hosts (100% complete)[*] Auxiliary module execution completedmsf auxiliary(smb_enumshares) >

The SMB Share Enumeration auxiliary module is also very useful when performing ...

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