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Get Nmap scanner

Get Nmap scanner

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Ahmed Elshaer

Get Nmap scanner process, as well as its user, parent, and process details.

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Query PowerShellNEW BashNEW
SELECT p.pid, name, p.path, cmdline, cwd, start_time, parent, (SELECT name FROM processes WHERE pid=p.parent) AS parent_name, (SELECT username FROM users WHERE uid=p.uid) AS username FROM processes as p WHERE cmdline like 'nmap%';
$processes = Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE CommandLine LIKE 'nmap%'"  
foreach ($proc in $processes) {  
    # Get parent's name  
    $parentName = ""  
    if ($proc.ParentProcessId) {  
        $parentProc = Get-WmiObject Win32_Process -Filter "ProcessId=$($proc.ParentProcessId)" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue  
        if ($parentProc) {  
            $parentName = $parentProc.Name  
        }  
    }  

    # Get username from process owner  
    $username = ""  
    $ownerInfo = $proc.GetOwner()  
    if ($ownerInfo.ReturnValue -eq 0) {  
        $username = "$($ownerInfo.Domain)\$($ownerInfo.User)"  
    }  

    # Convert WMI creation date to readable time  
    $startTime = $null  
    if ($proc.CreationDate) {  
        $startTime = [Management.ManagementDateTimeConverter]::ToDateTime($proc.CreationDate)  
    }  

    # cwd is not available from Win32_Process; use placeholder  
    $cwd = "N/A"  

    # Create a custom object with the desired fields  
    $result = [PSCustomObject]@{  
        pid         = $proc.ProcessId  
        name        = $proc.Name  
        path        = $proc.ExecutablePath  
        cmdline     = $proc.CommandLine  
        cwd         = $cwd  
        start_time  = $startTime  
        parent      = $proc.ParentProcessId  
        parent_name = $parentName  
        username    = $username  
    }  

    Write-Output $result  
}
echo "pid,name,path,cmdline,cwd,start_time,parent,parent_name,username"; for pid in $(ps -axo pid,args | awk '$0 ~ /^[[:space:]]*[0-9]+ nmap/ {print $1}'); do cmd=$(ps -p $pid -o args=); name=$(ps -p $pid -o comm=); path=$(lsof -p $pid | awk '$4=="txt" {print $9; exit}'); cwd=$(lsof -a -p $pid -d cwd 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR==2 {print $9}'); start_time=$(ps -p $pid -o lstart=); parent=$(ps -p $pid -o ppid=); parent_name=$(ps -p $parent -o comm= 2>/dev/null); user=$(ps -p $pid -o user=); echo "$pid,$name,$path,$cmd,$cwd,$start_time,$parent,$parent_name,$user"; done
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PowerShell commands are currently work in progress, contributions welcome.

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Bash commands for macOS are currently work in progress, contributions welcome.

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