During a vulnerability scanning phase, a penetration tester wants to execute an Nmap scan using custom NSE scripts stored in the following folder: /home/user/scripts Which of the following commands…

The correct answer is C. nmap --script /home/user/scripts. The --script flag in Nmap accepts a script name, a category, or a directory path. When provided with a directory path such as /home/user/scripts, Nmap will execute all NSE (.nse) scripts found in that folder. Option A (--resume) is used to resume an aborted scan, not run…

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Question

During a vulnerability scanning phase, a penetration tester wants to execute an Nmap scan using custom NSE scripts stored in the following folder:

/home/user/scripts Which of the following commands should the penetration tester use to perform this scan?

Options

Anmap --resume "not intrusive"
Bnmap --script default,safe
Cnmap --script /home/user/scripts
Dnmap --load /home/user/scripts

How the community answered

(38 responses)

A
3% (1)
B
8% (3)
C
87% (33)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

The --script flag in Nmap accepts a script name, a category, or a directory path. When provided with a directory path such as /home/user/scripts, Nmap will execute all NSE (.nse) scripts found in that folder. Option A (--resume) is used to resume an aborted scan, not run scripts. Option B runs the built-in 'default' and 'safe' script categories, not custom user scripts. Option D (--load) is not a valid Nmap flag.

Topics

#Nmap#NSE scripts#Vulnerability Scanning#Command-line tools

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