Nsearch - Nmap Scripting Engine Search to find nmap scripts

Written on May 24, 2019 .

Last update on March 4, 2020.

Nsearch, is a tool that helps you to find scripts that are used by nmap ( nse ) , you can search the scripts using differents keyword as the name, category and author, even using all the keyword in a single query,it is also possible to see the documentation of the scripts founded

Nsearch, is a tool that helps you to find scripts that are used by nmap ( nse ) , you can search the scripts using differents keyword as the name, category and author, even using all the keyword in a single query,it is also possible to see the documentation of the scripts founded.

How to install Nsearch

To install the application is necessary run as root user the installation script (install.sh), for the time, the script is only for OS based on debian and based on Red Hat (CentOS). MacOSX or other UNIX it's better do the installation for each dependency manually

Automatic Installation

# sh install.sh

File Configuration

Find the script.db's path, use the command below

$ find /usr -type f -name "script.db" 2>/dev/null | awk 'gsub("script.db","")'

config:
  scriptsPath: '/usr/local/share/nmap/scripts/'
  filePath: '/usr/local/share/nmap/scripts/script.db'
  fileBackup: 'scriptbk.db'
  scriptdb: 'nmap_scripts.sqlite3'
  categories: {"auth","broadcast","brute","default","discovery","dos","exploit","external","fuzzer","intrusive","malware","safe","version","vuln"}