Searching the local exploit database

The searchsploit database is a local exploit database that comes standard with Kali. This is a great way to search for exploits offline or when you have no internet connectivity. Because of it's offline search capabilities, it's great for when you are operating in an air-gapped location.

Getting ready

Let's ensure the following prerequisites:

• Kali Linux is running, and you are logged in as root
• Validate internet connectivity

How to do it...

We will now search the local exploit database:

1. Open the terminal screen by clicking on the terminal icon on the top left.
   
2. From the main terminal screen, you should be at a Command Prompt of root@kali:~#.
3. Review searchsploit options by entering the following command:

searchsploit

Update searchsploit

We must start by ensuring our searchsploit database is updated:

1. From the main terminal prompt, enter the following command to update the searchsploit database:

searchsploit -u

Note

Regularly updating Kali with the APT package manager will...