TCP Port 449 – as-servermap
About TCP Port 449
Port 449 carries the IANA assignment for as-servermap. The IANA description reads: ‘AS Server Mapper’. This port is referenced in 4 IDS rules and exhibits low malware activity in monitored traffic.
IDS Rule References
4 IDS / security rules reference TCP port 449. Treat that number as context, not a danger score. Many detection rules are written against groups of ports rather than one service, web ports especially, so common web alternate ports inherit large counts while genuinely sensitive services can show few rules or none. Presence in IDS rules does not mean traffic on this port is malicious.
Rule categories (top 1): trojan-activity (4).
Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 449:
- MALWARE-CNC Win.Trojan.Trickbot self-signed certificate exchange
- MALWARE-CNC Win.Trojan.Trickbot self-signed certificate exchange
- MALWARE-CNC Win.Trojan.Trickbot self-signed certificate exchange
- MALWARE-CNC Win.Trojan.Trickbot self-signed certificate exchange
Malware Rule References
A small share of the IDS rules that reference this port are malware related.
4 of the 4 IDS rules that reference TCP port 449 are malware related. That describes detection coverage across the whole internet, not anything about your machine or your network.
Families observed (top 1): Trickbot (4).
Data Sources
This information is compiled from: IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry, Snort Community Rules (GPLv2), and MITRE ATT&CK (Apache 2.0).