Chapter 10: Interacting with the Vulnerabilities Scanner

  1. What are the main mechanisms for scoring vulnerabilities, taking into account a set of standardized and easy-to-measure criteria?

Common Vulnerabilities Scoring System (CVSS)

  1. Which package and class did we use to interact with Nessus from Python?

from nessrest import ness6rest

  1. Which method in the nessrest module launches a scan in a specific target?

scan = ness6rest.Scanner(url="https://nessusscanner:8834", login="username", password="password")

  1. Which method in the nessrest module gets the details of a scan in a specific target?

The scan_details(self, name) method fetches the details of the requested scan.

  1. What is the main class for connecting from Python with the ...

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