TCP Port 6988
About TCP Port 6988
Port 6988 is not assigned to any service in the IANA Service Names and Port Numbers Registry. Ports in this numerical range can be assigned by IANA but this specific port has no current registration. It is referenced in 2060 IDS rules and exhibits moderate malware activity indicators. Ports outside formal IANA assignment are commonly used by malware authors and security tooling.
IDS Rule References
2060 IDS / security rules reference TCP port 6988. Presence in IDS rules does not mean traffic on this port is malicious. These are patterns security tools monitor.
Rule categories (top 6): trojan-activity (732), web-application-activity (476), web-application-attack (344), attempted-recon (270), misc-activity (76), attempted-user (59).
Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 6988:
- SERVER-OTHER CHAT IRC topic overflow
- SERVER-WEBAPP PCCS mysql database admin tool access
- POLICY-SOCIAL IRC nick change
- SERVER-WEBAPP HyperSeek hsx.cgi directory traversal attempt
- SERVER-WEBAPP SWSoft ASPSeek Overflow attempt
Malware Activity
A meaningful share of monitored traffic on this port involves malware indicators.
686 of 2060 IDS rules for TCP port 6988 involve malware activity.
Families observed (top 8): Bancos (20), Fareit (15), Zeus (15), DesertFalcon (11), Symmi (11), Zebrocy (11), Chopper (10), Locky (9), and 264 more families.
Data Sources
This information is compiled from: Emerging Threats Open Ruleset (BSD 2-Clause / GPLv2 per SID range), Snort Community Rules (GPLv2), and MITRE ATT&CK (Apache 2.0).