OpenVAS Intro

OpenVAS, by Greenbone Networks, is a publicly available vulnerability scanner. OpenVAS has the capabilities to perform network scans, including authenticated and unauthenticated testing.

Installing Package

sudo apt-get update && apt-get -y full-upgrade

sudo apt-get install gvm && openvas

gvm-setup

Starting OpenVas

gvm-start

The VM provided in the OpenVAS Skills Assessment section has OpenVAS pre-installed and the targets running. You can go to that section and start the VM and use OpenVAS throughout the module, which can be accessed at https://< IP >:8080. The OpenVAS credentials are: htb-student:HTB_@cademy_student!. You may also use these credentials to SSH into the target VM to configure OpenVAS.