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nessus-service.exe

Nessus

Tenable Network Security Inc.

It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Tenable Nessus”. This is installed with Tenable Nessus (x64).
Publisher:
Tenable Network Security, Inc  (signed by Tenable Network Security Inc.)

Product:
Nessus

Version:
5.2.0

MD5:
30ba34baecebd3020173629c5e2d661b

SHA-1:
8fc3c44d57ae40b13d5fc4e7fd034a25cb1de8c0

SHA-256:
535e9b50664fad8cf69eb01a4e2a669be6c8ca564769bc26d77963a050e2695c

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 8:40:58 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
17.7 KB (18,152 bytes)

Product version:
5.2.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013 Tenable Network Security, Inc

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\tenable\nessus\nessus-service.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tenable Network Security Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
9/16/2011 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/16/2014 3:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Tenable Network Security Inc., O=Tenable Network Security Inc., L=Columbia, S=Maryland, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0B58208B36248F718B1BFB450AD2E45E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/22/2013 3:59:39 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:Q7YtZWHAIJnBvdpUguuEW1EuMX6J5/nYe+PjPnxbGk//Zs3NytBdtDVPTU:O44A4zpLfai/nYPLnd9/Zs03DVg

Entry address:
0x18F8

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, D3, 03, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 9E, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, 48, 89, 4C, 24, 08, 48, 81, EC, 88, 00, 00, 00, 48, 8D, 0D, F1, 17, 00, 00, FF, 15, 83, 07, 00, 00, 48, 8B, 05, DC, 18, 00, 00, 48, 89, 44, 24, 58, 45, 33, C0, 48, 8D, 54, 24, 60, 48, 8B, 4C, 24, 58, E8, 69, 04, 00, 00, 48, 89, 44, 24, 50, 48, 83, 7C, 24, 50, 00, 74, 41, 48, C7, 44, 24, 38, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 8D, 44, 24, 48, 48, 89, 44, 24, 30, 48, 8D, 44, 24, 40, 48, 89, 44, 24, 28, 48, 8D, 05, 9C, 17, 00, 00, 48, 89, 44, 24...
 
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Entropy:
5.8901

Code size:
4 KB (4,096 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Tenable Nessus

Description:
Tenable Nessus Network Security Scanner

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file nessus-service.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Tenable Nessus (x64)  by Tenable Network Security, Inc.
www.tenablesecurity.com
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