{"id":689,"date":"2018-09-22T22:25:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T19:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=689"},"modified":"2024-03-11T19:35:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:35:59","slug":"how-to-run-nessus-scan-against-a-system-or-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/how-to-run-nessus-scan-against-a-system-or-host\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Scan a Remote Host using Nessus Vulnerability Scanner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How to run Nessus scan against a system or host? In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to scan a remote host using Nessus vulnerability scanner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our previous article, we covered <a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/security\/how-to-install-configure-and-use-nessus-vulnerability-scanner-on-ubuntu-18-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to install and setup Nessus on Linux System<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#scanning-remote-host-using-nessus\">Scanning Remote Host using Nessus<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#create-new-scan\">Create New Scan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#save-or-launch-the-scan\">Save or Launch the Scan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#viewing-scan-details\">Viewing Scan Details<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#other-tutorials\">Other Tutorials<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"scanning-remote-host-using-nessus\">Scanning Remote Host using Nessus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"create-new-scan\">Create New Scan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To create a new scan, login to Nessus web UI and click <strong>Scans <\/strong>tab in the top navigation bar. This opens <strong>My Scans<\/strong> folder on the left pane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the <strong>New Scan<\/strong> button on the upper right corner. This opens up a <strong>Scan Templates<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose a scan template of your interest from the default list. Let us choose <strong>Advanced Scan<\/strong> template as an example. This opens the selected template page shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1322\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/advanced-scan-template.png\" alt=\"How to Scan a Remote Host using Nessus Vulnerability Scanner\" class=\"wp-image-691\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/advanced-scan-template.png 1322w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/advanced-scan-template-768x494.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1322px) 100vw, 1322px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Under, <strong>Settings<\/strong>, fill out the scan details correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOTE: You can create your custom scan policy templates where you can define specific configurations that can be applied to a specific scan. See our next tutorial on how to create custom scan&nbsp; policy templates on Nessus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"save-or-launch-the-scan\">Save or Launch the Scan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you are done with settings, you can click the Save button to save the scan for launching later or click the drop down and click <strong>Launch<\/strong> to save and run the Scan immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/launch-scan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-690\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/launch-scan.png 1920w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/launch-scan-768x173.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"viewing-scan-details\">Viewing Scan Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the Scan completes, click on the scan and a page with scan details opens up as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/scan-summary.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-692\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/scan-summary.png 1920w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/scan-summary-768x280.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To display the vulnerabilities associated with the system, click on the Vulnerabilities tab. The screenshot below doesn&#8217;t capture the entire list of vulnerabilities against my test system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1909\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sample-vulnerabilities.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-693\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sample-vulnerabilities.png 1909w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sample-vulnerabilities-768x301.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1909px) 100vw, 1909px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about a vulnerability, the description, the suggested remedy, risk information, patch details, click on the vulnerability itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1910\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/vuln-details.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-694\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/vuln-details.png 1910w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/vuln-details-768x344.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1910px) 100vw, 1910px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, up to there we have created and launched a scan test against our test system. Enjoy vulnerability hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other-tutorials\">Other Tutorials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-gvm-21-04-on-ubuntu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Install GVM 21.4 on Ubuntu 20.04<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-and-configure-wazuh-manager-on-ubuntu-22-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Install and Configure Wazuh Manager on Ubuntu 22.04<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to run Nessus scan against a system or host? 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