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You have been assigned to perform a vulnerability assessment of a web server located at IP address 20.20.10.26. Identify the vulnerability with a severity score of & A. You can use the OpenVAS vulnerability scanner, available with the Parrot Security machine, with credentials admin/password for this challenge. (Practical Question)

A.
TCP limestamps
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A.
TCP limestamps
B.
FTP Unencrypted Cleartext Login
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B.
FTP Unencrypted Cleartext Login
C.
Anonymous FTP Login Reporting
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C.
Anonymous FTP Login Reporting
D.
UDP limestamps
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D.
UDP limestamps
Suggested answer: A

Explanation:

TCP Timestamps is the vulnerability with a severity score of 8.0. This can be verified by performing a vulnerability assessment of the web server located at IP address 20.20.10.26 using the OpenVAS vulnerability scanner, available with the Parrot Security machine, with credentials admin/password.

To perform the vulnerability assessment, one can follow these steps:

Launch the Parrot Security machine and open a terminal.

Enter the command sudo openvas-start to start the OpenVAS service and wait for a few minutes until it is ready.

Open a web browser and navigate to https://127.0.0.1:9392 to access the OpenVAS web interface.

Enter the credentials admin/password to log in to OpenVAS.

Click on Scans -> Tasks from the left menu and then click on the blue icon with a star to create a new task.

Enter a name and a comment for the task, such as "Web Server Scan".

Select "Full and fast" as the scan config from the drop-down menu.

Click on the icon with a star next to Target to create a new target.

Enter a name and a comment for the target, such as "Web Server".

Enter 20.20.10.26 as the host in the text box and click on Save.

Select "Web Server" as the target from the drop-down menu and click on Save.

Click on the green icon with a play button next to the task name to start the scan and wait for it to finish.

Click on the task name to view the scan report and click on Results from the left menu to see the list of vulnerabilities found.

Sort the list by Severity in descending order and look for the vulnerability with a severity score of 8.0.

The screenshot below shows an example of performing these steps: The vulnerability with a severity score of 8.0 is TCP Timestamps, which is an option in TCP packets that can be used to measure roundtrip time and improve performance, but it can also reveal information about the system's uptime, clock skew, or TCP sequence numbers, which can be used by attackers to launch various attacks, such as idle scanning, OS fingerprinting, or TCP hijacking1. The vulnerability report provides more details about this vulnerability, such as its description, impact, solution, references, and CVSS score2.

Reference: Screenshot of OpenVAS showing TCP Timestamps vulnerability, TCP Timestamps Vulnerability, Vulnerability Report


asked 18/09/2024
Fabrizio Leo
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