TCP Port 7000 – afs3-fileserver
About TCP Port 7000
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) registers port 7000 for afs3-fileserver. The IANA description reads: ‘file server itself’. This port is referenced in 2049 IDS rules and exhibits moderate malware activity in monitored traffic.
IDS Rule References
2049 IDS / security rules reference TCP port 7000. 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 6): trojan-activity (729), web-application-activity (476), web-application-attack (344), attempted-recon (270), misc-activity (76), attempted-user (59).
Sample rule descriptions for TCP port 7000:
- 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 Rule References
A meaningful share of the IDS rules that reference this port are malware related.
683 of the 2049 IDS rules that reference TCP port 7000 are malware related. That describes detection coverage across the whole internet, not anything about your machine or your network.
Families observed (top 8): Bancos (20), Fareit (15), Zeus (15), DesertFalcon (11), Symmi (11), Zebrocy (11), Chopper (10), Locky (9), and 262 more families.
Data Sources
This information is compiled from: IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry, Emerging Threats Open Ruleset (BSD 2-Clause / GPLv2 per SID range), Snort Community Rules (GPLv2), and MITRE ATT&CK (Apache 2.0).