OpenVAS – finding local vulnerabilities

OpenVAS allows us to attack a wide range of vulnerabilities, and we will confine our list of assessing the vulnerabilities of our target to those specific to the type of information we seek to gain from the assessment. In this recipe, we will use OpenVAS to scan for local vulnerabilities on our target. These are vulnerabilities specific to our local machine.

How to do it...

Let's begin the process of finding local vulnerabilities with OpenVAS by opening the Mozilla Firefox web browser:

1. Go to http://127.0.0.1:9392 and log in to OpenVAS.

2. Go to Configuration | Scan Configs:

   

3. Enter the name of the scan. For this recipe, we will use Local Vulnerabilities.

4. For the base, select the Empty, static and fast option. This option allows us to start from scratch and create our own configuration.

5. Click on Create Scan Config:

   

6. We now want to edit our scan config. Click on the wrench icon next to Local Vulnerabilities:

   

7. Press Ctrl + F and type Local in the find bar.

8. For each local...