scanpbnj [Options] {target specification}
ScanPBNJ performs an Nmap scan and then stores the results in a database. The ScanPBNJ stores information about the machine that has been scanned. ScanPBNJ stores the IP Address, Operating System, Hostname and a localhost bit. The localhost bit, is simply a single bit which is 1 when the target machine is localhost, otherwise it is 0. It also stores two timestamps for the machine table. The first is a human readable version and the second is the unix time. Both of these timestamp correspond to the first time that the machine was scanned.
ScanPBNJ stores information about the services that are found to be running on the target machine. ScanPBNJ stores typical information about the service, by storing the port and protocol. Also, ScanPBNJ stores version, product and service state information about each service. The service state can either be up or down. Two timestamps are also inserted for each instance of every service. The first is a human readable version and the second is the unix time. Both of these timestamp correspond to the time that the service was scanned.
This tool can give an admin a clear network layout with of all the machines with all the services they are running.
Apart of PBNJ 2.0 suite of tools to monitor changes on a network.
Usage: scanpbnj [Options] {target specification}
Target Specification: Can be a IP Address, hostname, network etc. Ex: microsoft.com, 10.0.0.0/24, 192.168.1.1, 10.0.0.0-100 -i --iplist <iplist> Scan using a list of IPs from a file -x --xml <xml-file> Parse scan/info from Nmap XML file
Scan Options: -a --args <args> Execute Nmap with args (needs quotes) -e --extraargs <args> Add args to the default args (needs quotes) --inter <interface> Perform scan with non default interface -m --moreports <ports> Add ports to scan ex: 8080 or 3306,5900-5910 -n --nmap <path> Path to Nmap executable -p --pingscan Ping Target then scan the alive host(s) --udp Add UDP to the scan arguments --rpc Add RPC to the scan arguments -r --range <range> Ports for scan [def 1-1025]
--diffbanner Parse changes of the banner
Config Options: -d --dbconfig <config> Config for results database [def config.yaml] --configdir <dir> Directory for the database config file
--data <file> SQLite Database override [def data.dbl] --dir <dir> Directory for SQLite or CSV files [def .]
General Options: --nocolors Don't Print Colors --test <level> Testing information --debug <level> Debug information -v --version Display version -h --help Display this information
Send Comments to Joshua D. Abraham ( [email protected] )
* ScanPBNJ requires root privileges to perform a scan.
* If you do not pass a specific ports range, 1-1025 is used.
* If there are configs in the current directory, they are used instead of those in the user's config directory.
* ScanPBNJ does not modify previous database entries. It simply inserts new information when a change is found.
* One thing that should be done when performing scans is to make sure to use the same ports or you will get false positives.
1) Scan a class B network on ports 1-9000
sudo ./scanpbnj -r 1-9000 10.0.0.0/16
2) Scan an IP Address on ports 1-9000
sudo ./scanpbnj -r 1-9000 10.0.0.100
The following examples can be added to /etc/crontab
1) Scan a Class C network every 2 hours
30 */2 * * * root scanpbnj 10.0.0.\*
2) Scan a Class C network everyday at 2:30
30 2 * * * root scanpbnj 10.0.0.\*
The target specified is a typical method of probing the network. Therefore, any of the following can be used: (e.g. 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.1-254, 10.0.0.0/24 or 10.0.0.\* ). The first example is simply an IP address. The second example is the scanning of a range. The third is a range in CIDR notation. The fourth example is the IP with the star which specifies to scan 255 hosts. This is the same format that Nmap uses with the only exception being the \* on the last octet. This is needed because it needs to not interpret the star when it is being executed.
Another option, is to use a hostname or domain name. ScanPBNJ will then resolve the name to the correct IP address. If you pass a debug flag with level 1 or greater, ScanPBNJ will display what IP address, the hostname resolved too.
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The iplist option is useful when you have a specific list of IPs to scan. This will perform a full scan of the IPs that are specified. This option is similar to using -sL with Nmap. The results of the scan are inserted into the database. This option is useful when you can't perform the scan yourself or you don't want ScanPBNJ to perform the scan. Another situation where this is useful, is if you have an XML file that was done in the past and you want to extract information from it, possibly to compare with what is currently being run on the target. ScanPBNJ parses the Nmap XML file and extracts the information about the host(s) and service(s) then inserts the results into the database.
** NOTE ** This option needs quotes around the passed arguments
This option will bypass the default arguments that are used in scanning with Nmap. This can be used to do a particular type of scan that is not possible by simply adding extra arguments. For example, if you want to only scan UDP ports and still do version identification and OS detection, you would do so using the following notation:
sudo scapbnj -a "-A -O -sU" localhost ** NOTE ** This option needs quotes around the passed arguments
This option will add additional arguments onto the default scan arguments. This is most useful in doing scans where time optimization is needed. Therefore, these arguments will be added and then used in the scan. This option sets an alternative interface for performing the scan. This is useful when you have multiple interfaces on a machine with restrictions on which devices can access certain IP or IP ranges. This options adds additional ports to the range of ports to scan. Individual port numbers are OK, as are ranges separated by a hyphen (e.g. 1-1023,5800,5900,8080).
For example:
sudo scanpbnj -m 7000-7500,8080 localhost
This scan would scan the default range as well 7000-7500 and 8080. Use an alternative Nmap rather than Nmap located in the your path. This is useful if you have multiple version of Nmap installed on a system or if you are testing a new version of Nmap. Remember that if you are using a newly compiled version of Nmap that you need to export NMAPDIR to the location that Nmap was compiled in. Thus, if you have compiled Nmap in your homedir, use the following notation:
export NMAPDIR=$HOME/nmap-VERSION/
sudo scanpbnj -n $HOME/nmap-VERISON/ localhost The ping scan is a useful method of only scanning the host that are responding to ICMP echo requests. This scan basically takes the host that respond to ICMP echo requests and then performs a scan only on those hosts. Therefore, no time is wasted in scanning hosts that do not respond. The results of the scan are then inserted into the database. Perform a UDP scan, in addition to the default scan.
sudo scanpbnj --udp localhost
If you want to only perform a UDP scan you need to set the specific arguments for the scan.
sudo scanpbnj -a "-vv -O -P0 1-1025 -sVU" localhost Perform a RPC scan in addition to the default scan.
sudo scanpbnj --udp localhost
If you want to only perform a RPC scan you need to set the specific arguments for the scan.
sudo scanpbnj -a "-vv -O -P0 1-1025 -sVR" localhost Ports for scan [default 1-1025]
This option specifies which ports you want to scan and overrides the default. Individual port numbers are OK, as are ranges separated by a hyphen (e.g. 1-1023,5800,5900,8080 ).
Thus, a scan like this is ok.
sudo scanpbnj -r 22,25,80,100-200 localhost
Also, if you have leave off the number after the hyphen it will scan all from the start port to 65535.
For example:
sudo scanpbnj -r 22,25- localhost Parse changes of the banner
This options enables ScanPBNJ to do comparisons on the banner. The reason this is not on by default is that it could show changes in services that are not are important to the user. However, this option is useful to a security professional who is looking for any changes that occur so that they can be verified.
Config for results database [default config.yaml]
This option is used to specify an alternative config.yaml file. Directory for Config file [default . ]
This option is used to specify an alternative directory for the config.yaml file. SQLite Database override [default data.dbl ]
This option is used when you want to change the name of the SQLite database file that is generated. Directory for SQLite or CSV files [default . ]
This option is used when you want the database to be generated in a different directory.
The default results from ScanPBNJ print the useful changes with colors This options will simply not print the colors. Increases the Test level, causing ScanPBNJ to print testing information about the scan in progress. Using the Test level is mostly only using for testing. This will also print the debugging information so it can get rather lengthy. The greater the Test level the more output will be given.
This option is also used for reporting bugs. All bug reports should be submitted using --test 1 and an additional report may be needed depending on the issue. Increases the Debug level, causing ScanPBNJ to print more information about the scan in progress. Nmap scanning arguments are shown as well as the ip address if you are scanning a domain name. This option is used to give the user more information about what the scanner is doing. The higher the debug level the more output the user will receive. Prints the ScanPBNJ version number and exits. Prints a short help screen with the command flags. Running ScanPBNJ without any arguments does the same thing.
Here are the default arguments that are used during a default scan:
-vv -O -P0 -sSV -p 1-1025
PBNJ's data files are stored in ScanPBNJ and OutputPBNJ. When either of these programs is run the configuration files will be generated for the user if they don't already exists and placed in the $HOME/.pbnj-2.0 directory. Again, if there is a configuration file in the current directory it is used instead of the version in the configuration directory.
$HOME/.pbnj-2.0/config.yaml - holds settings for connecting to the database which store the information from PBNJ scans.
$HOME/.pbnj-2.0/query.yaml - lists all queries that can be used to retrieve information from the database. Also, includes the name and description for each query. This is only generated when you executed OutputPBNJ.
For Windows, the pbnj-2.0 config directory is in the APPDATA directory, which contains both config.yaml and query.yaml. Depending on your environment, the APPDATA directory may be a different location from other environments. Therefore, when the configs are executed for the first time they will display the path where the configs were generated.
Any feature requests should be reported to the online feature-request-tracking system available on the web at : http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=149390&atid=774489 Before requesting a feature, please check to see if the features has already been requested.
Any bugs found should be reported to the online bug-tracking system available on the web at : http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=149390&atid=774488. Before reporting a bug, please check to see if the bug has already been reported.
When reporting PBNJ bugs, it is important to include a reliable way to reproduce the bug, version number of PBNJ and Nmap, OS name and version, and any relevant hardware specs. And of course, patches to rectify the bug are even better.
The following databases are supported:
* SQLite [default] * MySQL * Postgres * CSV
The following is the SQLite version of the database schema:
CREATE TABLE machines ( mid INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, ip TEXT, host TEXT, localh INTEGER, os TEXT, machine_created TEXT, created_on TEXT); CREATE TABLE services ( mid INTEGER, service TEXT, state TEXT, port INTEGER, protocol TEXT, version TEXT, banner TEXT, machine_updated TEXT, updated_on TEXT);
outputpbnj(1), genlist(1), nmap(1)
Joshua D. Abraham ( [email protected] )
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html, or in the COPYING file included with PBNJ.
It should also be noted that PBNJ has occasionally been known to crash poorly written applications, TCP/IP stacks, and even operating systems. While this is extremely rare, it is important to keep in mind. PBNJ should never be run against mission critical systems unless you are prepared to suffer downtime. We acknowledge here that PBNJ may crash your systems or networks and we disclaim all liability for any damage or problems PBNJ could cause.