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Nmap: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook

Network Exploration

This chapter covers the following recipes:

  • Discovering hosts with TCP SYN ping scans
  • Discovering hosts with TCP ACK ping scans
  • Discovering hosts with UDP ping scans
  • Discovering hosts with ICMP ping scans
  • Discovering hosts with SCTP INIT ping scans
  • Discovering hosts with IP protocol ping scans
  • Discovering hosts with ARP ping scans
  • Performing advanced ping scans
  • Discovering hosts with broadcast pings
  • Scanning IPv6 addresses
  • Gathering network information with broadcast NSE scripts
  • Scanning through proxies
  • Spoofing the origin IP of a scan

Introduction

In the information security industry, Nmap is the de facto tool for network exploration, leaving all other scanners far behind with its cutting-edge features, such as IPv6 scanning and advanced optimization options. It supports several different ping and port scanning techniques for host and service discovery correspondingly.

Hosts protected by packet filtering systems, such as firewalls or intrusion prevention systems, may return incorrect results when scanned because of the rules used to block certain types of network packets. In these situations, Nmap really shines as users can easily try different scanning techniques (or a combination of them) to bypass these network restrictions. In addition, it supports some options useful to make our scan traffic less suspicious. Learning about these different scanning techniques and how to combine them is necessary if we want to perform very comprehensive scans...

Discovering hosts with TCP SYN ping scans

Ping scans are used for detecting live hosts in networks. Nmap's default ping scan (-sP) sends TCP SYN, TCP ACK, and ICMP packets to determine if a host is responding, but if a firewall is blocking these requests, it will be treated as offline. Fortunately, Nmap supports a scanning technique named the TCP SYN ping scan that is very handy to probe different ports in an attempt to determine if a host is online or at least has more permissive filtering rules.

This recipe will talk about the TCP SYN ping scan and its related options.

How to do it...

Open your terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PS <target>

You should see the list of hosts found in the target range using TCP SYN ping scanning:

...

Discovering hosts with TCP ACK ping scans

Similar to the TCP SYN ping scan, the TCP ACK ping scan is used to determine if a host is responding. It can be used to detect hosts that block SYN packets or ICMP echo requests, but it will most likely be blocked by modern firewalls that track connection states because it sends bogus TCP ACK packets associated with non-existing connections.

The following recipe shows how to perform a TCP ACK ping scan and its related options.

How to do it...

Open your terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PA <target>

The result is a list of hosts that responded to the TCP ACK packets sent, therefore, online:

# nmap -sn -PA 192.168.0.1/24 
   Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.1 
   Host is up (0.060s latency). 
   Nmap...

Discovering hosts with UDP ping scans

Ping scans are used to determine if a host is responding and can be considered online. UDP ping scans have the advantage of being capable of detecting systems behind firewalls with strict TCP filtering but that left UDP exposed.

This next recipe describes how to perform a UDP ping scan with Nmap and its related options.

How to do it...

Open your terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PU <target>

Nmap will determine if the target is reachable using a UDP ping scan:

# nmap -sn -PU scanme.nmap.org 
   Nmap scan report for scanme.nmap.org (45.33.32.156) 
   Host is up (0.13s latency). 
   Other addresses for scanme.nmap.org (not scanned):     
   2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe18:bb2f 
   Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host...

Discovering hosts with ICMP ping scans

Ping scans are used to determine if a host is online. ICMP echo request messages were designed specifically for this task, and naturally, ping scans use these packets to reliably detect the status of a host.

The following recipe describes how to perform an ICMP ping scan with Nmap and the flags for the different types of supported ICMP messages.

How to do it...

To make an ICMP echo request, open your terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PE <target>

If the host responded, you should see something similar to this:

# nmap -sn -PE scanme.nmap.org 
   Nmap scan report for scanme.nmap.org (74.207.244.221)  
   Host is up (0.089s latency).  
   Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 13.25 seconds
...

Discovering hosts with SCTP INIT ping scans

SCTP packets can be used to determine if a host is online by sending SCTP INIT packets and looking for ABORT or INIT ACK responses. Nmap implements this effective technique named SCTP INIT ping scan.

The following recipe describes how to launch SCTP INIT ping scans from Nmap.

How to do it...

Open your terminal and use the -PY option:

# nmap -sn -PY <target>

The output follows the same format as the other types of ping scans:

# nmap -sn -PY scanme.nmap.org 
   Nmap scan report for scanme.nmap.org (45.33.32.156) 
   Host is up (0.15s latency). 
   Other addresses for scanme.nmap.org (not scanned):    
   2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe18:bb2f 
   Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 4.31 seconds
...

Introduction

In the information security industry, Nmap is the de facto tool for network exploration, leaving all other scanners far behind with its cutting-edge features, such as IPv6 scanning and advanced optimization options. It supports several different ping and port scanning techniques for host and service discovery correspondingly.

Hosts protected by packet filtering systems, such as firewalls or intrusion prevention systems, may return incorrect results when scanned because of the rules used to block certain types of network packets. In these situations, Nmap really shines as users can easily try different scanning techniques (or a combination of them) to bypass these network restrictions. In addition, it supports some options useful to make our scan traffic less suspicious. Learning about these different scanning techniques and how to combine them is necessary if we want to perform very comprehensive scans.

System administrators will gain an understanding of the inner workings of...

Discovering hosts with TCP SYN ping scans

Ping scans are used for detecting live hosts in networks. Nmap's default ping scan (-sP) sends TCP SYN, TCP ACK, and ICMP packets to determine if a host is responding, but if a firewall is blocking these requests, it will be treated as offline. Fortunately, Nmap supports a scanning technique named the TCP SYN ping scan that is very handy to probe different ports in an attempt to determine if a host is online or at least has more permissive filtering rules.

This recipe will talk about the TCP SYN ping scan and its related options.

How to do it...

Open your terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PS <target>

 

You should see the list of hosts found in the target range using TCP SYN ping scanning:

# nmap -sn -PS 192.1.1/24
   Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.1 
   Host is up (0.060s latency). 
   Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.2 
   Host is up (0.0059s latency). 
   Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.3 
   Host is up (0.063s latency). 
   Nmap...

Discovering hosts with TCP ACK ping scans

Similar to the TCP SYN ping scan, the TCP ACK ping scan is used to determine if a host is responding. It can be used to detect hosts that block SYN packets or ICMP echo requests, but it will most likely be blocked by modern firewalls that track connection states because it sends bogus TCP ACK packets associated with non-existing connections.

The following recipe shows how to perform a TCP ACK ping scan and its related options.

How to do it...

Open your terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PA <target>

The result is a list of hosts that responded to the TCP ACK packets sent, therefore, online:

# nmap -sn -PA 192.168.0.1/24
   Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.1 
   Host is up (0.060s latency). 
   Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.60 
   Host is up (0.00014s latency). 
   Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (2 hosts up) scanned in 6.11 seconds

How it works...

The -sn option tells Nmap to skip the port scan phase and only perform host discovery. And...

Discovering hosts with UDP ping scans

Ping scans are used to determine if a host is responding and can be considered online. UDP ping scans have the advantage of being capable of detecting systems behind firewalls with strict TCP filtering but that left UDP exposed.

This next recipe describes how to perform a UDP ping scan with Nmap and its related options.

How to do it...

Open your terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PU <target>

 

Nmap will determine if the target is reachable using a UDP ping scan:

# nmap -sn -PU scanme.nmap.org
   Nmap scan report for scanme.nmap.org (45.33.32.156) 
   Host is up (0.13s latency). 
   Other addresses for scanme.nmap.org (not scanned):     
   2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe18:bb2f 
   Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 7.92 seconds

How it works...

The -sn option tells Nmap to skip the port scan phase but perform host discovery. In combination with the -PU flag, Nmap uses UDP ping scanning. The technique used by a UDP ping scan works...

Discovering hosts with ICMP ping scans

Ping scans are used to determine if a host is online. ICMP echo request messages were designed specifically for this task, and naturally, ping scans use these packets to reliably detect the status of a host.

The following recipe describes how to perform an ICMP ping scan with Nmap and the flags for the different types of supported ICMP messages.

How to do it...

To make an ICMP echo request, open your terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PE <target>

If the host responded, you should see something similar to this:

# nmap -sn -PE scanme.nmap.org
   Nmap scan report for scanme.nmap.org (74.207.244.221)  
   Host is up (0.089s latency).  
   Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 13.25 seconds

How it works...

The arguments -sn -PE scanme.nmap.org tell Nmap to send an ICMP echo request packet to the host scanme.nmap.org. We can determine that a host is online if we receive an ICMP echo reply to this probe. By setting the --packet...

Discovering hosts with SCTP INIT ping scans

SCTP packets can be used to determine if a host is online by sending SCTP INIT packets and looking for ABORT or INIT ACK responses. Nmap implements this effective technique named SCTP INIT ping scan.

The following recipe describes how to launch SCTP INIT ping scans from Nmap.

How to do it...

Open your terminal and use the -PY option:

# nmap -sn -PY <target>

The output follows the same format as the other types of ping scans:

# nmap -sn -PY scanme.nmap.org
   Nmap scan report for scanme.nmap.org (45.33.32.156) 
   Host is up (0.15s latency). 
   Other addresses for scanme.nmap.org (not scanned):    
   2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe18:bb2f 
   Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 4.31 seconds

How it works...

The arguments -sn -PY scanme.nmap.org tell Nmap to send an SCTP INIT ping scan against the host scanme.nmap.org to determine if it's online. Nmap attempts to initiate a connection to a service by sending a SCTP INIT packet and looks for an...

Discovering hosts with IP protocol ping scans

Nmap supports an interesting scanning technique named IP protocol ping scan. It attempts to determine if a host is online by sending packets using IP packets with different protocols.

The following recipe describes how to perform IP protocol ping scans.

How to do it...

Open your terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PO <target>

 

If the host responded to any of the requests, you should see something like the following:

# nmap -sn -PO scanme.nmap.org 
   Nmap scan report for scanme.nmap.org (45.33.32.156) 
   Host is up (0.18s latency). 
   Other addresses for scanme.nmap.org (not scanned):    
   2600:3c01::f03c:91ff:fe18:bb2f 
   Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.40 seconds

How it works...

The arguments  -sn -PO scanme.nmap.org tell Nmap to perform an IP protocol ping scan of the host scanme.nmap.org.

By default, this ping scan will use the protocols IGMP, IP-in-IP, and ICMP to try to determine if the host is online...

Discovering hosts with ARP ping scans

ARP ping scans are the most effective way of detecting hosts in LAN networks. This makes them the preferred technique when scanning local Ethernet networks, and Nmap will use it even if other ping options were specified. Nmap uses its own algorithm to optimize this scanning technique. The following recipe goes through the process of launching an ARP ping scan and its available options.

How to do it...

Open your favorite terminal and enter the following command:

# nmap -sn -PR <target>

You should see the list of hosts that responded to the ARP requests:

# nmap -sn -PR 192.168.0.1/24 
   Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.1 
   Host is up (0.0039s latency). 
   MAC Address: F4:B7:E2:0A:DA:18 (Hon Hai Precision Ind.) 
   Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.2 
   Host is up (0.0037s latency). 
   MAC Address: 00:18:F5:0F:AD:01 (Shenzhen Streaming Video Technology    
   Company Limited) 
   Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.3 
   Host is up (0.00010s latency). 
  ...
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  • •Learn to develop your own modules for the Nmap Scripting Engine.
  • •Become familiar with Lua programming.
  • •100% practical tasks, relevant and explained step-by-step with exact commands and optional arguments description

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This is the second edition of ‘Nmap 6: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook’. A book aimed for anyone who wants to master Nmap and its scripting engine through practical tasks for system administrators and penetration testers. Besides introducing the most powerful features of Nmap and related tools, common security auditing tasks for local and remote networks, web applications, databases, mail servers, Microsoft Windows machines and even ICS SCADA systems are explained step by step with exact commands and argument explanations. The book starts with the basic usage of Nmap and related tools like Ncat, Ncrack, Ndiff and Zenmap. The Nmap Scripting Engine is thoroughly covered through security checks used commonly in real-life scenarios applied for different types of systems. New chapters for Microsoft Windows and ICS SCADA systems were added and every recipe was revised. This edition reflects the latest updates and hottest additions to the Nmap project to date. The book will also introduce you to Lua programming and NSE script development allowing you to extend further the power of Nmap.

Who is this book for?

The book is for anyone who wants to master Nmap and its scripting engine to perform real life security auditing checks for system administrators and penetration testers. This book is also recommended to anyone looking to learn about network security auditing. Finally, novice Nmap users will also learn a lot from this book as it covers several advanced internal aspects of Nmap and related tools.

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  • •Learn the fundamentals of Lua programming
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Table of Contents

17 Chapters
Nmap Fundamentals Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Nmap Fundamentals
Introduction
Building Nmap's source code
Finding live hosts in your network
Listing open ports on a target host
Fingerprinting OS and services running on a target host
Using NSE scripts against a target host
Reading targets from a file
Scanning an IP address ranges
Scanning random targets on the Internet
Collecting signatures of web servers
Monitoring servers remotely with Nmap and Ndiff
Crafting ICMP echo replies with Nping
Managing multiple scanning profiles with Zenmap
Running Lua scripts against a network connection with Ncat
Discovering systems with weak passwords with Ncrack
Launching Nmap scans remotely from a web browser using Rainmap Lite
Network Exploration Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Network Exploration
Introduction
Discovering hosts with TCP SYN ping scans
Discovering hosts with TCP ACK ping scans
Discovering hosts with UDP ping scans
Discovering hosts with ICMP ping scans
Discovering hosts with SCTP INIT ping scans
Discovering hosts with IP protocol ping scans
Discovering hosts with ARP ping scans
Performing advanced ping scans
Discovering hosts with broadcast ping scans
Scanning IPv6 addresses
Gathering network information with broadcast scripts
Scanning through proxies
Spoofing the origin IP of a scan
Reconnaissance Tasks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Reconnaissance Tasks
Introduction
Performing IP address geolocation
Getting information from WHOIS records
Obtaining traceroute geolocation information
Querying Shodan to obtain target information
Checking whether a host is flagged by Google Safe Browsing for malicious activities
Collecting valid e-mail accounts and IP addresses from web servers
Discovering hostnames pointing to the same IP address
Discovering hostnames by brute forcing DNS records
Obtaining profile information from Google's People API
Matching services with public vulnerability advisories
Scanning Web Servers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Scanning Web Servers
Introduction
Listing supported HTTP methods
Checking whethera web server is an open proxy
Discovering interesting files and folders in web servers
Abusing mod_userdir to enumerate user accounts
Brute forcing HTTP authentication
Brute forcing web applications
Detecting web application firewalls
Detecting possible XST vulnerabilities
Detecting XSS vulnerabilities
Finding SQL injection vulnerabilities
Detecting web servers vulnerable to slowloris denial of service attacks
Finding web applications with default credentials
Detecting web applications vulnerable to Shellshock
Detecting insecure cross-domain policies
Detecting exposed source code control systems
Auditing the strength of cipher suites in SSL servers
Scrapping e-mail accounts from web servers
Scanning Databases Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Scanning Databases
Introduction
Listing MySQL databases
Listing MySQL users
Listing MySQL variables
Brute forcing MySQL passwords
Finding root accounts with an empty password in MySQL servers
Detecting insecure configurations in MySQL servers
Brute forcing Oracle passwords
Brute forcing Oracle SID names
Retrieving information from MS SQL servers
Brute forcing MS SQL passwords
Dumping password hashes of MS SQL servers
Running commands through xp_cmdshell in MS SQL servers
Finding system administrator accounts with empty passwords in MS SQL servers
Obtaining information from MS SQL servers with NTLM enabled
Retrieving MongoDB server information
Detecting MongoDB instances with no authentication enabled
Listing MongoDB databases
Listing CouchDB databases
Retrieving CouchDB database statistics
Detecting Cassandra databases with no authentication enabled
Brute forcing Redis passwords
Scanning Mail Servers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Scanning Mail Servers
Introduction
Detecting SMTP open relays
Brute forcing SMTP passwords
Detecting suspicious SMTP servers
Enumerating SMTP usernames
Brute forcing IMAP passwords
Retrieving the capabilities of an IMAP server
Brute forcing POP3 passwords
Retrieving the capabilities of a POP3 server
Retrieving information from SMTP servers with NTLM authentication
Scanning Windows Systems Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Scanning Windows Systems
Introduction
Obtaining system information from SMB
Detecting Windows clients with SMB signing disabled
Detecting IIS web servers that disclose Windows 8.3 names
Detecting Windows hosts vulnerable to MS08-067
Retrieving the NetBIOS name and MAC address of a host
Enumerating user accounts of Windows hosts
Enumerating shared folders
Enumerating SMB sessions
Finding domain controllers
Detecting Shadow Brokers' DOUBLEPULSAR SMB implants
Scanning ICS SCADA Systems Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Scanning ICS SCADA Systems
Introduction
Finding common ports used in ICS SCADA systems
Finding HMI systems
Enumerating Siemens SIMATIC S7 PLCs
Enumerating Modbus devices
Enumerating BACnet devices
Enumerating Ethernet/IP devices
Enumerating Niagara Fox devices
Enumerating ProConOS devices
Enumerating Omrom PLC devices
Enumerating PCWorx devices
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Optimizing Scans
Introduction
Skipping phases to speed up scans
Selecting the correct timing template
Adjusting timing parameters
Adjusting performance parameters
Distributing a scan among several clients using Dnmap
Generating Scan Reports Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Generating Scan Reports
Introduction
Saving scan results in a normal format
Saving scan results in an XML format
Saving scan results to a SQLite database
Saving scan results in a grepable format
Generating a network topology graph with Zenmap
Generating HTML scan reports
Reporting vulnerability checks
Generating PDF reports with fop
Saving NSE reports in ElasticSearch
Writing Your Own NSE Scripts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Writing Your Own NSE Scripts
Introduction
Making HTTP requests to identify vulnerable supermicro IPMI/BMC controllers
Sending UDP payloads using NSE sockets
Generating vulnerability reports in NSE scripts
Exploiting a path traversal vulnerability with NSE
Writing brute force password auditing scripts
Crawling web servers to detect vulnerabilities
Working with NSE threads, condition variables, and mutexes in NSE
Writing a new NSE library in Lua
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Introduction to Lua
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