During a penetration test, you are tasked with assessing the security of a web server. Your goal is to enumerate potential vulnerabilities that could be exploited. Which Nmap command should you run to perform a comprehensive set of vulnerability checks against the target web server, which is located at 192.168.1.50?
The correct answer is nmap --script=vuln 192.168.1.50. This command instructs Nmap to run scripts categorized as vulnerability checks against the specified target (192.168.1.50). The --script=vuln option enables all scripts that are tagged with the 'vuln' category, which are designed to detect common vulnerabilities. Other options, such as -sV for service detection or -O for OS detection, provide different functionality that is not primarily focused on vulnerability scanning. The -T4 is used to adjust the timing template for faster execution but does not specify which scripts to run.
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