And finally let's see the reporting abilities of Nessus. Open a browser and go to Nessus service. HTTPS,
localhost and port 8834. Log in with your credential
and here the scans we performed before.
I've only one for now.
Click on it and see the details. In the upper right hand corner.
There's an "Export" combobox.
When you click on it, you see the report types of Nessus home.
So let's generate a PDF report first.
We have two options in the home edition and you'll have other options.
If you buy the professional edition.
So, I choose "Custom" here.
And as you see, we have only two options in Home Edition.
You can group the vulnerabilities by host or plugin.
I choose the host and click export to generate the report in PDF format.
Save it or open it now.
Now I'll choose "Open" and that way you can see it.
So the file is downloaded into the temp folder.
And here's a scan report in PDF format
Vulnerabilities are grouped by hosts. I click the Metasploitable header.
Now there's a few lines of brief summary then the explanation of the vulnerabilities start. As you see
the vulnerabilities are not sorted by the severity level , which is not good. Of course,
you can sort them in the professional edition.
That's where they get you.
So now let's see the vulnerability assessment report in HTML format.
Same home page with a PD F option.
This time I'll choose the executive summary option and click "Export". Open with Firefox and here is a
report in HTML format. A single frame for each host.
Click the "Show Details" button to see the vulnerabilities list of the host. If you want to have detailed
information about a vulnerability.
click on it. HTML file redirect you to the online web pages of Tenable security.