Discover other hosts on local lan, try -sn and -sP, not sure if both only disable port scan.
# nmap -sn 192.168.1.0/24
Check for vulnerabilities on host;
# nmap --script=vuln 127.0.1.1 Starting Nmap 6.47 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2015-07-20 22:07 UTC Nmap scan report for dev.box (127.0.1.1) Host is up (0.000028s latency). Not shown: 998 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 25/tcp open smtp | smtp-vuln-cve2010-4344: | Exim version: 4.85 | Exim heap overflow vulnerability (CVE-2010-4344): | Exim (CVE-2010-4344): NOT VULNERABLE | Exim privileges escalation vulnerability (CVE-2010-4345): | Exim (CVE-2010-4345): NOT VULNERABLE |_ To confirm and exploit the vulnerabilities, run with --script-args='smtp-vuln-cve2010-4344.exploit' 53/tcp open domain Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 2.68 seconds #