Port 7742Mugginsoft Script Server Service

TCP port 7742 is assigned to Mugginsoft Script Server Service, registered by Jonathan Mitchell.

transport
tcp

single transport

in transit
cleartext

payload readable on path

assignment
official

registered with iana

risk
1/10

safe

lookups
0

rank 993 of 5,934 · top 17%

also known as msss

Technical Details

what runs on :7742

Mugginsoft Script Server Service is registered on port :7742 over tcp to Jonathan Mitchell, assigned September 2008. We don't have a technical write-up for it beyond the IANA registry entry.

In nmap's internet-wide scan data this port is never observed open, so if it's open on your network it's more likely a custom or misconfigured service than the registered one.

find what's listening on :7742

this machine
# linux
sudo ss -tlpn 'sport = :7742'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :7742

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :7742
another host
nmap -sV -p T:7742 <host>

run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.

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Security Information

exposure of :7742

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp

every listening transport is another surface to filter at the edge

security overview

no security notes recorded for :7742 yet

known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.

ports registered around :7742, by lookups.

portservicerisk
:7777iChat Transfer Proxycaution
:7777Xivio Chat Servercaution
:7777OCFS2caution
:7777Unreal Tournament Servercaution
:7777Tini Backdoorcaution
:7787GFI EventsManagercaution
:7777cbtsafe
:7778Interwisesafe

risk mix of the 8 listed

  • safe25%
  • caution75%

1 of 8 encrypted