Nikto
E192902
Nikto is an open-source web server vulnerability scanner that tests for dangerous files, outdated server software, and other common security issues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nikto canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nikto Context triple: [Kali Linux, includesTool, Nikto]
-
A.
Slartibartfast
Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
-
B.
Pucikwar
Pucikwar is an extinct Great Andamanese language once spoken by the Pucikwar people of the Andaman Islands in India.
-
C.
Jakaltek
Jakaltek is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Jakaltek (Popti’) people of Guatemala’s western highlands.
-
D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
-
E.
Rasor
Rasor is a comic servant character in John Vanbrugh’s Restoration comedy play "The Provoked Wife."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nikto Target entity description: Nikto is an open-source web server vulnerability scanner that tests for dangerous files, outdated server software, and other common security issues.
-
A.
Slartibartfast
Slartibartfast is a whimsical, elderly Magrathean planet designer from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, best known for his fondness for crafting fjords.
-
B.
Pucikwar
Pucikwar is an extinct Great Andamanese language once spoken by the Pucikwar people of the Andaman Islands in India.
-
C.
Jakaltek
Jakaltek is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Jakaltek (Popti’) people of Guatemala’s western highlands.
-
D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
-
E.
Rasor
Rasor is a comic servant character in John Vanbrugh’s Restoration comedy play "The Provoked Wife."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open-source software
ⓘ
security tool ⓘ web server vulnerability scanner ⓘ |
| canDetect |
default or sample files
ⓘ
insecure HTTP methods ⓘ known vulnerabilities in web servers ⓘ outdated web server versions ⓘ potentially dangerous CGI scripts ⓘ |
| category |
vulnerability scanner
ⓘ
web security scanner ⓘ |
| developedBy | Chris Sullo ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
command-line interface
ⓘ
plugin system ⓘ scan database ⓘ |
| isFreeSoftware | true ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | open-source community ⓘ |
| outputFormat |
CSV
ⓘ
HTML ⓘ XML ⓘ plain text ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | web server vulnerability scanning ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Perl ⓘ |
| requires | Perl interpreter ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| softwareLicense |
GPL
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| supportsFeature |
SSL support
ⓘ
host and port specification ⓘ multiple output formats ⓘ mutated testing ⓘ plugin-based checks ⓘ proxy support ⓘ report generation ⓘ saving and resuming scans ⓘ scan tuning by category ⓘ tuning of tests ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
HTTP
ⓘ
HTTP proxy ⓘ HTTPS ⓘ |
| testsFor |
common security issues
ⓘ
dangerous files ⓘ default files ⓘ insecure HTTP options ⓘ misconfigurations ⓘ outdated server software ⓘ server information disclosure ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
penetration testing
ⓘ
vulnerability assessment ⓘ web application security assessment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nikto Description of subject: Nikto is an open-source web server vulnerability scanner that tests for dangerous files, outdated server software, and other common security issues.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.