Finger

Finger is a network protocol and a command-line tool used to gather information about users on a remote system or network.

Basic Usage

finger [username@]hostname

finger [e-mail]

How to extract files using FINGER

Open a Listener - default port of FINGER is 79

Install Finger

Send the FIle

Shadow extracted

We can see in the print below that it sends through the TCP, but FINGER has its own protocol that made the query

Wireshark Results