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Research Update for src/network-services-pentesting/pentesting-finger.md

This PR contains automated research updates including:

• Latest security vulnerabilities and attack vectors
• Updated techniques and tools
• Enhanced explanations and examples
• Additional references and resources

Generated by: HackTricks Research Agent
Timestamp: 2026-07-09 04:01:04 UTC

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Research update for HackTricks content

🤖 Agent Actions

Updated src/network-services-pentesting/pentesting-finger.md.

What I added/changed

• Expanded Finger-specific enumeration guidance with clearer differential probes (0, ., repeated multi-user probes, comma-separated names), batching behavior, and a short pivot note to reuse recovered usernames against SSH/mail/VPN/AD workflows. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
• Added a more practical Windows finger.exe / LOLBIN subsection with concrete examples for saving attacker-controlled text locally and piping Finger-delivered plaintext into PowerShell.
• Added current tradecraft context showing that finger.exe is still abused in real intrusions, including Huntress’ 2023 observations and Microsoft’s February 5, 2026 ClickFix/CrashFix research. (microsoft.com)
• Added 2 relevant new references at the end of the page: Huntress and Microsoft. (microsoft.com)

URLs used in research

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1288.html
https://nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/finger.html
https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/scanner/finger/finger_users/
https://lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Finger/
https://www.huntress.com/blog/cant-touch-this-data-exfiltration-via-finger
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/05/clickfix-variant-crashfix-deploying-python-rat-trojan/
https://blueteam.cool/posts/clickfix-finger-lolbin-campaign/
https://hacktricks.wiki/en/network-services-pentesting/pentesting-ssh.html
https://hacktricks.wiki/en/windows-hardening/active-directory-methodology/index.html
https://hacktricks.wiki/en/network-services-pentesting/113-pentesting-ident.html

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