# WithSecureLabs/doublepulsar-detection-script

A python2 script for sweeping a network to find windows systems compromised with the DOUBLEPULSAR implant.

Repository: https://github.com/WithSecureLabs/doublepulsar-detection-script
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/doublepulsar-detection-script
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: security-scanner, security-tools, countercept, doublepulsar, script
Last push: 2020-02-03T19:33:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3427, "days_push": 2403, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1030, forks 308 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:17.922991+00:00)

## What it is
A Python 2 script that sweeps networks to detect Windows systems compromised with the DOUBLEPULSAR implant (SMB and RDP variants) released by the Shadow Brokers. It re-implements the implant's unauthenticated ping command and can remotely uninstall the SMB version for remediation.

## Use cases
- detect doublepulsar implant on my network
- scan ip range for smb backdoor
- check if windows servers are compromised by eternalblue implant
- remotely uninstall doublepulsar from infected hosts
- sweep list of ips for rdp implant
- incident response network compromise detection

## When to choose
- you need to quickly check whether Windows hosts on your network are infected with DOUBLEPULSAR
- you want a lightweight scriptable scanner with multi-threaded IP list support
- you need to remotely remove the SMB variant of the implant

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose vulnerability scanner rather than a DOUBLEPULSAR-specific check
- your environment requires Python 3 - the scripts are Python 2 only
- you need ongoing maintenance or support for newer Windows versions, as the project is no longer actively developed

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, networking
- domain: security, penetration-testing, networking, windows
- platform: windows, cli, python
- tags: doublepulsar, shadow-brokers, smb, rdp, network-sweep, implant-detection, python2, incident-response, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- WithSecureLabs/doublepulsar-detection-script (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.922991+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:07:31.751811+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/WithSecureLabs/doublepulsar-detection-script (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.922991+00:00, sha de892f923679)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.