During an internal assessment you perform an unauthenticated snmpwalk against a legacy router using the default community string "public" and obtain the following response (truncated):
To confirm the device's exact operating system and version, which commonly accessible MIB object identifier (OID) should you query on most SNMP-enabled network devices?
The MIB-2 object sysDescr, identified by the OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0, returns a textual description of the network device that typically includes the vendor name, hardware platform, and full operating system version. This makes it one of the first OIDs attackers query when fingerprinting a target via SNMP. The ipForwarding OID (1.3.6.1.2.1.4.1) only indicates whether IP forwarding is enabled, ifDescr (1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2) lists interface descriptions, and hrSWRunName (1.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2) enumerates running processes-none of which reliably provide the OS build information needed for version identification.
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