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Try Hack Me, OpenVAS

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Mark Burton
Software Engineer & Technical Writer
  • create a user with sudo runuser -u _gvm -- gvmd --create-user=admin --password=admin, more details on the Greenbone Forum.
  • reboot, without this I was getting a strange permissions error on my home directory. These issues were highlighted by running sudo gvm-check-setup
  • create a postgres user with sudo runuser -u _postgres -- usrsharegvmcreate-postgresql-database
  • start redis with sudo systemctl start redis-server@openvas.service With that I was able to login. ### Task 7 - Practical Vulnerability Management #### Question 1 When did the scan start in Case 001? #### Answer

Feb 28, 00:04:46 Reveal Answer #### Question 2 When did the scan end in Case 001? #### Answer Feb 28, 00:21:02 Reveal Answer #### Question 3 How many ports are open in Case 001? #### Answer 3 Reveal Answer #### Question 4 How many total vulnerabilities were found in Case 001? #### Answer 5 Reveal Answer #### Question 5 What is the highest severity vulnerability found? (MSxx-xxx) #### Answer MS17-010 Reveal Answer #### Question 6 What is the first affected OS to this vulnerability? #### Answer Microsoft Windows 10 x32x64 Edition Reveal Answer #### Question 7 What is the recommended vulnerability detection method? #### Answer Send the crafted SMB transaction request with fid = 0 and check the response to confirm the vulnerability. Reveal Answer