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Port 4242 Details
known port assignments and vulnerabilities
threat/application/port search:
| Port(s) |
Protocol |
Service |
Details |
Source |
| 4242 |
tcp |
vrml |
Applications using this port:
CrashPlan Cloud Backup
Microsoft Application Center Remote Management services
Orthanc (open source DICOM server for medical imaging)
Rag Doll Kung Fu (TCP/UDP)
Reverse Battle Tetris
Quassel distributed IRC client
Virtual Hacking Machine (VHM) trojan
Nemog backdoor (discovered 2004.08.16) - a backdoor trojan horse that allows an infected computer to be used as an email relay and HTTP proxy, dropped by W32.Mydoom.Q@mm. It can use one of the following ports: 3306,4242,4646,4661,6565,8080
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsePresentationContext function in storescp in DICOM dcmtk-3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long string sent to TCP port 4242.
References: [CVE-2015-8979], [BID-94951], [XFDB-130495]
IANA registered for: VRML Multi User Systems |
SG
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| 4242 |
tcp |
trojan |
[trojan] Virtual Hacking Machine - VHM |
Trojans
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| 4242 |
tcp |
VirtualHackingMachine |
[trojan] Virtual Hacking Machine - VHM |
SANS
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| 4242-4299 |
tcp,udp |
vrml-multi-use |
Multi User Systems |
SANS
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| 4242 |
vrml |
vrml-multi-use |
Multi User Systems |
Neophasis
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| 4242 |
tcp |
threat |
Nemog |
Bekkoame
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| 4242 |
tcp,udp |
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This port number is widely used on the net for MUDs (Multi-User-Dungeons), a type of chat system. It is also frequently used as an example port in code demonstrations or as an alternate HTTP port. The reason this is so popular is becuase it repeats the number 42, a popular number among computer geeks. In Douglas Adams classic book "Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy", the number "42" is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. o This port is used (TCP) for a remote admin Trojan called "Virtual Hacking Machine". o This port is used for configuration for the Payline e-commerce package. o Connectix VideoPhone uses this port for something. o IBM's version of UNIX, AIX, has a C++ source browser (part of IBM's CSet package) that listens at this port and is susceptable to a buffer overflow. |
Bekkoame
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| 4200-4299 |
tcp,udp |
vrml-multi-use |
VRML Multi User Systems |
IANA
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Related ports: 3306 4201 4243 4646 4661 6565 8042 8080
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External Resources
SANS Internet Storm Center: port 4242
Notes:
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