Investigating with ExploitDB

ExploitDB is a giant archive of shared discoveries pertaining to software flaws, exploits, and vulnerabilities. It allows for a community of security researchers and pentesters to share known compromises in an easily searchable format. Navigating to https://www.exploit-db.com, you will land on the home page and be presented with the latest documented vulnerabilities discovered, as seen in the following screenshot:

Figure 4.14 – ExploitDB

If you notice, on the right-hand side we have a search input field. Type SCADA and press Enter. At the time of the printing of this book, you will see 50 vulnerabilities related to various SCADA systems, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 4.15 – SCADA vulnerabilities

As you can see on the screen, we have eight headings, which are outlined as follows:

• Date: This is the date that the vulnerability was added to ExploitDB.
• Download: This is...