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Vulnerability Management

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Vulnerability Management

Scanning, assessment, prioritization, remediation, and compliance tracking.

Overview

Vulnerability management identifies and fixes security weaknesses.

Lifecycle

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Discover

Asset inventory

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Scan

Vulnerability scanning

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Assess

Risk evaluation

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Prioritize

Remediation order

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Remediate

Fix vulnerabilities

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Verify

Confirm fixes

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Report

Documentation

Scanning Tools

ToolTypeCost
NessusCommercial
∣∣OpenVAS∣OpenSource∣Free∣∣Qualys∣Cloud∣| | OpenVAS | Open Source | Free | | Qualys | Cloud |

| | Nexpose | Commercial | $$ | | Nikto | Web Scanner | Free |

Vulnerability Scoring (CVSS)

Architecture Diagram
CVSS Score Range:
0.0 - 3.9  -> Low
4.0 - 6.9  -> Medium
7.0 - 8.9  -> High
9.0 - 10.0 -> Critical

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  |     |     |     |     |   |   |   |
  |     |     |     |     |   |   |   +- Availability
  |     |     |     |     |   |   +----- Integrity
  |     |     |     |     |   +--------- Confidentiality
  |     |     |     |     +------------- User Interaction
  |     |     |     +------------------- Privileges Required
  |     |     +------------------------- Complexity
  |     +------------------------------- Attack Vector
  +------------------------------------- Version

Scanning Scripts

# Nmap vulnerability scan
nmap --script vuln target.com

# OpenVAS scan
omp -u admin -w password -X '<get_targets/>'

Remediation Priorities

PriorityCVSSSLA
P19.0-10.024 hours
P27.0-8.97 days
P34.0-6.930 days
P40.1-3.990 days

Practice

Set up OpenVAS and perform a vulnerability scan on a test network.

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