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Write a Script to Perform a Vulnerability Scan of the Listed Services
This time we need to write an automated vulnerability scan of the server using Python. This Python script will make use of Nmap. The must do the following: * Perform a broad full vulnerability sweep. * Generatea report and send it to the admin by email. * Be scheduled to run every week.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Install EPEL repos, Nmap, sendemail, python36, python36-devel, and git
sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install nmap python36 python36-devel sudo yum install git sudo yum install sendemail
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Challenge
Get vulnersCom and Perform a Vulnerability Scan of httpd, mariadb, and sshd
git clone https://github.com/vulnersCom/nmap-vulners.git
sudo mv /home/cloud_user/nmap-vulners/ /usr/share/nmap/scripts/
nmap -sV --script nmap-vulners <IP> -p22,80,3306
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Challenge
Write a Python Script to Incorporate the Scans and Send Results via Email
vim /home/cloud_user/scan.py
#!/bin/python3.6 import subprocess p = subprocess.Popen(["nmap", "-sV", "--script", "nmap-vulners", "[IP_ADDRESS]", "-p22,80,3306"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) (output, err) = p.communicate() msg = output.decode('utf-8').strip() subprocess.check_output(['sendemail', '-f', '[FROM_EMAIL]', '-u', 'AUTH_NOTIFICATION', '-t', '[TO_EMAIL]', '-s', 'smtp.gmail.com:587', '-o', 'tls=yes', '-xu', '[USER_NAME]', '-xp', '[PASSWORD]', '-m', msg], stdin=None, stderr=None, shell=False, universal_newlines=False)
ESC :wq ENTER
chmod +x /home/cloud_user/scan.py
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Challenge
Configure the Script to Run Once a Week
sudo crontab -e
@weekly /home/cloud_user/scan.py
ESC :wq ENTER
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