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searchsploit — Search Exploit Database for exploits, shellcodes and/or papers. If known version numbers are used as

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Problem

How to use the searchsploit command: Search Exploit Database for exploits, shellcodes and/or papers. If known version numbers are used as search terms, exploits for both the exact version and others whose version range covers the one specified are shown. More information: <https://www.exploit-db.com/searchsploit>.

Solution

searchsploit — Search Exploit Database for exploits, shellcodes and/or papers. If known version numbers are used as search terms, exploits for both the exact version and others whose version range covers the one specified are shown. More information: <https://www.exploit-db.com/searchsploit>.

Search for an exploit, shellcode, or paper:

searchsploit {{search_terms}}

Search for a known specific version, e.g. sudo version 1.8.27:

searchsploit sudo 1.8.27

Show the exploit-db link to the found resources:

searchsploit {{[-w|--www]}} {{search_terms}}

Copy the resource to the current directory (requires the number of the exploit):

searchsploit {{[-m|--mirror]}} {{exploit_number}}

Examine the resource, using the pager defined in the $PAGER environment variable:

searchsploit {{[-x|--examine]}} {{exploit_number}}

Update the local Exploit Database:

searchsploit {{[-u|--update]}}

Search for the [c]ommon [v]ulnerabilities and [e]xposures (CVE) value:

searchsploit --cve {{2021-44228}}

Check results in nmap's XML output with service version (nmap -sV -oX nmap-output.xml) for known exploits:

searchsploit --nmap {{path/to/nmap-output.xml}}

Code Snippets

Search for an exploit, shellcode, or paper

searchsploit {{search_terms}}

Search for a known specific version, e.g. sudo version 1.8.27

searchsploit sudo 1.8.27

Show the exploit-db link to the found resources

searchsploit {{[-w|--www]}} {{search_terms}}

Copy the resource to the current directory (requires the number of the exploit)

searchsploit {{[-m|--mirror]}} {{exploit_number}}

Examine the resource, using the pager defined in the `$PAGER` environment variable

searchsploit {{[-x|--examine]}} {{exploit_number}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/searchsploit

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