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210-250 · Question #159

Which two are software vulnerability scanners? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. Nessus D. open VAS. Nessus and OpenVAS are the two leading vulnerability scanners that probe network hosts for known CVEs, software flaws, and misconfigurations.

Security Technologies

Question

Which two are software vulnerability scanners? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AVmStat
  • BNessus
  • Cfingerprint
  • Dopen VAS

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    93% (25)
  • C
    4% (1)

Why each option

Nessus and OpenVAS are the two leading vulnerability scanners that probe network hosts for known CVEs, software flaws, and misconfigurations.

AVmStat

VmStat is a Linux/Unix system performance monitoring utility that reports virtual memory, CPU usage, and I/O statistics; it has no vulnerability scanning capability.

BNessusCorrect

Nessus, developed by Tenable, is a widely deployed commercial vulnerability scanner that checks hosts against a continuously updated plugin database of known CVEs and configuration weaknesses, actively probing services to confirm exploitability.

Cfingerprint

'fingerprint' is a general passive or active technique used to identify an OS or service version and is not a standalone vulnerability scanner tool.

Dopen VASCorrect

OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner) is an open-source vulnerability scanning framework maintained by Greenbone that performs the same function as Nessus - auditing network services and software for known vulnerabilities - making both B and D valid software vulnerability scanners.

Concept tested: Identifying Nessus and OpenVAS as vulnerability scanners

Source: https://docs.tenable.com/nessus/Content/GettingStarted.htm

Topics

#vulnerability scanners#Nessus#OpenVAS#security tools

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