Unreadable output from xprobe2 on Ubuntu/Kali
 

Hi guys,

I am pursuing my Master's thesis related to cybersecurity. It involves OS fingerprinting and hence I am trying to use xprobe2.

I have tried running xprobe2 on an Ubuntu VM and Kali Linux VM as well. On Ubuntu, I just get a blank after the "Running OS:" and on Kali Linux, I get a gibberish text. You can look at screenshots here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1364...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rXG...ew?usp=sharing

I found one suggestion here (https://www.thehackr.com/os-fingerprinting-kali/): But the problem persists.

I have not been able to find any other solution for this on the internet. So, I was hoping if anyone here came across this problem and may know the solution. Please, it will help me a lot!

Not much point posting screenshots if people can't see them. Even tho' I have a google login (not everyone does), I needed permission.
Quick way to piss off potential help.

syg00 is correct. @OP: Please post your screenshots in a way that we can see them.

Sorry, I fixed the sharing permissions. You can see the screenshots now. Also, attaching the same screenshots in this thread.

Thanks. Does verbose mode (-v) provide any more information that could help pinpoint the reason for the issue?

Do you know which operating system is actually running on the system in question?

No, -v verbose option provides the same output as before. Attached screenshot.

And I don't know the actual operating system running on the target.

Can you confirm that you have the relevant fonts package installed with:

Yes, I believe they are installed.

Thanks. Where did you get your copy of xprobe2 from for your Ubuntu box?

I'll see if I can replicate the problem in Mint.

Thanks a lot, I appreciate your help!

https://sourceforge.net/projects/xprobe/

Well, I downloaded it, but I'm afraid that I get an error during the configuration stage and am thus unable to run it.

I'm not sure it has been actively developed in quite a while. However, in saying that, have you tried to contact any of the three authors?

Oh yes, you can solve that issue by referring to this link: https://forums.opensuse.org/showthre...-xprobe2-0-2-1

And yes, I have tried to contact the authors, but no response yet.

That thread deals with resolving make errors. I can't even get the configure stage to work.

You'll have to get someone else with Kali or Ubuntu to try and replicate the issue, I imagine.

Ok, thanks, I appreciate your time and effort!

Did you ever resolve this issue? I am seeing the same with xprobe 0.3-4

Thanks

No, I tried to get support from different forums. But didn't get any solution.

Fix for the garbled output
 

A fix is available here: https://github.com/binarytrails/xprobe2/pull/2

The issue was that a pointer to the char data of a temporary string was returned past the lifetime of the string. This was never correct, but probably just resulted in breakage with more recent compilers.