Nmap ip-geolocation-maxmind NSE Script


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Script Overview

Script source code: https://github.com/nmap/nmap/tree/master/scripts/ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse
Script categories: discovery, external, safe
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

Script Description

The ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse script tries to identify the physical location of an IP address using a Geolocation Maxmind database file (available from

Ip-geolocation-maxmind NSE Script Arguments

This is a full list of arguments supported by the ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse script:

maxmind_db

String indicates which file to use as a Maxmind database

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To use this script argument, add it to Nmap command line like in this example:

nmap --script=ip-geolocation-maxmind --script-args maxmind_db=value <target>

Ip-geolocation-maxmind NSE Script Example Usage

Here's an example of how to use the ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse script:

nmap --script ip-geolocation-maxmind <target> [--script-args ip-geolocation.maxmind_db=<filename>]

Ip-geolocation-maxmind NSE Script Example Output

Here's a sample output from the ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse script:

| ip-geolocation-maxmind:
| coordinates: 39.4899, -74.4773
|_location: Absecon, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Ip-geolocation-maxmind NSE Script Example XML Output

Here's a sample XML output from the ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse script produced by providing the -oX <file> Nmap option:

 <elem key="latitude">39.4899</elem>
 <elem key="longitude">-74.4773</elem>
 <elem key="city">Absecon</elem>
 <elem key="region">Philadelphia, PA</elem>
 <elem key="country">United States</elem>

Author

  • Gorjan Petrovski

References

See Also

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The ip-geolocation-maxmind.nse script may fail with the following error messages. Check for the possible causes by using the code snippets highlighted below found in the script source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

Error traversing database - perhaps it is corrupt?

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error traversing database - perhaps it is corrupt?" error message:

609:	          return x[0]
610:	        end
611:	        offset = x[0]
612:	      end
613:	    end
614:	    stdnse.debug1('Error traversing database - perhaps it is corrupt?')
615:	    return nil
616:	  end,
617:	}
618:	
619:	action = function(host,port)

Version

This page has been created based on Nmap version 7.92.

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