Nmap 7.70 Cannot run the script...

[Mod233]

when I use:

➜  Scanner-Tool nmap -v
Starting Nmap 7.70SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-05-31 10:18 CST
Read data files from: /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap
WARNING: No targets were specified, so 0 hosts scanned.
Nmap done: 0 IP addresses (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.02 seconds

➜  Scanner-Tool sudo nmap -sV --script vulners 95.163.200.165         
Starting Nmap 7.70SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-05-31 10:19 CST
NSE: failed to initialize the script engine:
/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: 'vulners' did not match a category, filename, or directory
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: in local 'get_chosen_scripts'
	/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:1315: in main chunk
	[C]: in ?

QUITTING!

...

[GMedian]

Hi!

Can you make sure you have actually located the script in the required directory? Like you might be using another installation of nmap, perhaps.

[safir2306]

Hi There :-) I would love to be able to use the vulners script but so far i am having the same issues as the previous comment above with the same output error. I have placed the script in the correct directory and using latest nmap 7.70 version.

Have you been able to replicate this error using nmap version 7.70?

Cheers

[safir2306]

Found a workaround for it. Seems like i need to cd directly to the nmap/scripts/ directory and launch vulners directly from the directory for the script to work.

Hope this helps

Cheers

[Mod233]

@safir2306 thx for your great help. I fixed the problem. It's all my fault that i did not cd in the right directory.

[drwetter]

Did you guys run --script-updatedb ? For me (Linux) it just worked then

[safir2306]

Hey mate,

No worries glad i could help out.

Cheers

2018-07-11 17:34 GMT+08:00 Dirk Wetter [email protected]:

Did you guys run --script-updatedb ? For me (Linux) it just worked then

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[hktalent]

@safir2306 @drwetter @Mod233 @GMedian

nmap --script-updatedb
Starting Nmap 7.70 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-11-18 16:28 CST
NSE: Updating rule database.
NSE: Failed to load /usr/bin/../share/nmap/scripts//ajp-methods.nse:
/usr/bin/../share/nmap/scripts//ajp-methods.nse:4: module 'stringaux' not found:
	NSE failed to find nselib/stringaux.lua in search paths.
	no field package.preload['stringaux']
	no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.3/stringaux.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.3/stringaux/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/stringaux.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/stringaux/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/share/lua/5.3/stringaux.lua'
	no file '/usr/share/lua/5.3/stringaux/init.lua'
	no file './stringaux.lua'
	no file './stringaux/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/stringaux.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lua/5.3/stringaux.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.3/stringaux.so'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/loadall.so'
	no file './stringaux.so'
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'require'
	/usr/bin/../share/nmap/scripts//ajp-methods.nse:4: in function </usr/bin/../share/nmap/scripts//ajp-methods.nse:1>
NSE: failed to initialize the script engine:
/usr/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:619: could not load script
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	/usr/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:619: in field 'new'
	/usr/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:1296: in main chunk
	[C]: in ?

QUITTING!

[Kristoff-Slayer]

I am sorry but what is the fix here? I am getting the same issue as the original posters. I have ls'd my way into the /usr/share/nmap/scripts directory and found all the scripts but it does not work when I try to load it.

[xx-zhang]

I have tryed what all of you said such as upgrade db but no use.

my env:

• kali3 2019.1
• nmap 7.70
• target(192.168.3.214) is rapid7/metasploitable3-ub1404

what such that i have runed.

[40withabeam]

Following : https://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/easily-detect-cves-with-nmap-scripts-0181925/ is probably what you did there tutorial is awful in my opinion you will run into the error "/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: 'vulners' did not match a category, filename, or directory stack traceback: [C]: in function 'error' /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: in local 'get_chosen_scripts' /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:1315: in main chunk [C]: in ?

QUITTING!" the way I fixed this was by using the command: cd /usr/share/nmap/scripts nmap -sV --script=vulscan/vulscan.nse nmap -sV --script=vulscan/vulscan.nse -sV -p22 50...** (*or what ever command you desire)

If it still isn't make sure you installed it correctly: cd /usr/share/nmap/scripts git clone https://github.com/scipag/vulscan scipag_vulscan ln -s pwd/scipag_vulscan /usr/share/nmap/scripts/vulscan

Have a good day m8 cheers

[thaRealMrMeeseks]

Following : https://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/easily-detect-cves-with-nmap-scripts-0181925/ is probably what you did there tutorial is awful in my opinion you will run into the error "/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: 'vulners' did not match a category, filename, or directory stack traceback: [C]: in function 'error' /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: in local 'get_chosen_scripts' /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:1315: in main chunk [C]: in ?

QUITTING!" the way I fixed this was by using the command: cd /usr/share/nmap/scripts nmap -sV --script=vulscan/vulscan.nse nmap -sV --script=vulscan/vulscan.nse -sV -p22 50...** (*or what ever command you desire)

If it still isn't make sure you installed it correctly: cd /usr/share/nmap/scripts git clone https://github.com/scipag/vulscan scipag_vulscan ln -s pwd/scipag_vulscan /usr/share/nmap/scripts/vulscan

Have a good day m8 cheers

Following : https://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/easily-detect-cves-with-nmap-scripts-0181925/ is probably what you did there tutorial is awful in my opinion you will run into the error "/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: 'vulners' did not match a category, filename, or directory stack traceback: [C]: in function 'error' /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: in local 'get_chosen_scripts' /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:1315: in main chunk [C]: in ?

QUITTING!" the way I fixed this was by using the command: cd /usr/share/nmap/scripts nmap -sV --script=vulscan/vulscan.nse nmap -sV --script=vulscan/vulscan.nse -sV -p22 50...** (*or what ever command you desire)

If it still isn't make sure you installed it correctly: cd /usr/share/nmap/scripts git clone https://github.com/scipag/vulscan scipag_vulscan ln -s pwd/scipag_vulscan /usr/share/nmap/scripts/vulscan

Have a good day m8 cheers

I did these and still doesnt work

[Aholicknight]

having the same problem on windows. I tried to update it and this error shows up: C:\Program Files (x86)\Nmap/nse_main.lua:823: 'updatedb' did not match a category, filename, or directory

[tpa10]

I followed the above mentioned tutorial and had exactly the same problem. To get this to work "as expected" (i.e. no dependency on what directory i was in, etc, etc). I did the following;

1. (as root) removed the "vulns" symlink in /usr/share/nmap/scripts
2. (as root) cd to where my git clone resided and did a "cp -r scipag_vulscan /usr/share/nmap/scripts/vulscan. (eliminate any potential file ownership conflicts, since the tutorial didn't mention being root when doing the git-clone or re-setting ownership afterwords, but EVERYTHING in the scripts directory has root ownership, at least on Fedora based systems using yum/rpm to install nmap).
3. cd /usr/share/nmap/scripts
4. cp vulscan/vulscan.nse . (We now have a copy of the actual script inside the "official" scripts directory that nmap searches, which was the core error most people were seeing: w/o that script in the proper directory or some override on the command line, you get the "script doesn't meet some criteria" snotgram.
5. (still as root), ran "nmap --script-updatedb"

I am now able to run this script W/O root privileges, regardless of what directory I'm in. ex: ]$ whoami

]$ nmap -sV --script=vulscan.nse <my.target>

Starting Nmap 6.47 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2020-05-22 10:44 PDT Nmap scan report for <my.target> (target.ip.address) Host is up (0.00051s latency). Not shown: 996 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION 22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 7.4 (protocol 2.0) | vulscan: VulDB - https://vuldb.com: ...etc, etc, etc...

Hope this is helpful/useful.

[vanilla-unicorn]

Found a workaround for it. Seems like i need to cd directly to the nmap/scripts/ directory and launch vulners directly from the directory for the script to work.

Hope this helps

Cheers

This worked like magic, thanks for noting this.

[pawlub422]

Have you tried to add that directory to the path?

On 8/19/2020 10:54 PM, Joel Santiago wrote:

Found a workaround for it. Seems like i need to cd directly to the
nmap/scripts/ directory and laHunch vulners directly from the
directory for the script to work.

Hope this helps

Cheers

This worked like magic, thanks for noting this.

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[rainishjj]

I met the same issue.You should go to this directory /usr/share/nmap/script or /usr/local/share/nmap/script to check if there exists vulners.nse file. If no, copy it to this path. then it works

[Hakim1195]

If you still have the same error after this:

cd /usr/share/nmap/scripts git clone https://github.com/scipag/vulscan scipag_vulscan ln -s pwd/scipag_vulscan /usr/share/nmap/scripts/vulscan

you have to copy the script vulscan.nse (you'll find it in scipag_vulscan) in /usr/share/nmap/scripts

cp vulscan.nse /usr/share/nmap/scripts

[SirKnightV]

If you still have the same error after this:

cd /usr/share/nmap/scripts git clone https://github.com/scipag/vulscan scipag_vulscan ln -s pwd/scipag_vulscan /usr/share/nmap/scripts/vulscan

you have to copy the script vulscan.nse (you'll find it in scipag_vulscan) in /usr/share/nmap/scripts

cp vulscan.nse /usr/share/nmap/scripts

this working 100 % , thank you sir.

[jayakrishnanvkm]

when I use:

➜  Scanner-Tool nmap -v
Starting Nmap 7.70SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-05-31 10:18 CST
Read data files from: /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap
WARNING: No targets were specified, so 0 hosts scanned.
Nmap done: 0 IP addresses (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.02 seconds

➜  Scanner-Tool sudo nmap -sV --script vulners 95.163.200.165         
Starting Nmap 7.70SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-05-31 10:19 CST
NSE: failed to initialize the script engine:
/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: 'vulners' did not match a category, filename, or directory
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: in local 'get_chosen_scripts'
	/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:1315: in main chunk
	[C]: in ?

QUITTING!

...

try nmap -sV --script vuln

[sarah-albassam]

when I use:

➜  Scanner-Tool nmap -v
Starting Nmap 7.70SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-05-31 10:18 CST
Read data files from: /usr/local/bin/../share/nmap
WARNING: No targets were specified, so 0 hosts scanned.
Nmap done: 0 IP addresses (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.02 seconds

➜  Scanner-Tool sudo nmap -sV --script vulners 95.163.200.165         
Starting Nmap 7.70SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-05-31 10:19 CST
NSE: failed to initialize the script engine:
/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: 'vulners' did not match a category, filename, or directory
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:823: in local 'get_chosen_scripts'
	/usr/local/bin/../share/nmap/nse_main.lua:1315: in main chunk
	[C]: in ?

QUITTING!

...

try nmap -sV --script vuln

thank you! this worked for me