Kali Linux Intrusion and Exploitation Cookbook

Integrating nmap with Metasploit

Performing a vulnerability assessment with only nmap is insufficient since vulnerabilities keep increasing in number, day after day. There are many vulnerabilities reported within a month, and therefore it is recommended that you make use of more than one vulnerability scanning tool. In the previous chapter, we saw how we can export the output of the nmap scan to an XML file; here, we will learn how to integrate the nmap output with Metasploit for vulnerability assessment purposes.

Getting ready

We will have to first set up and update Metasploit in the Kali Linux machine.

One thing to note is that, for demonstration purposes, we have added more services to the Windows operating system to understand the activity better, ...