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+import argparse  
+import nmap  
+import requests
+
+CVE_API_URL = 'https://cve.circl.lu/api/cve/'
+
+def scan_ports(target_ip="127.0.0.1", scan_args="-sV -O -p 1-65535"):
+    # create nmap PortScanner object
+    scanner = nmap.PortScanner()
+
+    # perform the port scan on target_ip using the given scan arguments
+    scanner.scan(target_ip, arguments=scan_args)
+
+    # iterate through each host and port, and check for CVE vulnerabilities
+    for host in scanner.all_hosts():
+        for port in scanner[host]['tcp']:
+            # get the port information
+            port_num = port
+            protocol = scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['name']
+            state = scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['state']
+            version = scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['version']
+            service = scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['product']
+            
+            # check for CVE vulnerabilities associated with the service
+            if service:
+                cve_info = get_cve_info(service)
+                if cve_info:
+                    print(f"Vulnerability found on port {port_num}/{protocol}: {cve_info}")
+            
+            # print the port information
+            print(f"Port {port_num}/{protocol} is {state} (version: {version})")
+    
+def get_cve_info(service):
+    # send a request to the CVE API to retrieve information about the service
+    url = f'{CVE_API_URL}/search/{service}'
+
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(url)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        cve_list = response.json()
+        
+        # return the first CVE description
+        if cve_list:
+            cve_id = cve_list[0]['id']
+            cve_info = requests.get(f'{CVE_API_URL}/{cve_id}').json()
+            return cve_info['cve']['description']['description_data'][0]['value']
+        else:
+            return None
+        
+    except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+        if response.status_code == 404:
+            return None
+        else:
+            print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
+            return None
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # define the command-line arguments using the argparse module
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Perform a port scan on a target IP address')
+    parser.add_argument('target_ip', help='The IP address of the target to scan')
+    parser.add_argument('--scan-type', '-s', default='-sS', help='The type of scan to perform (default: -sS)')
+    parser.add_argument('--ports', '-p', default='1-65535', help='The range of ports to scan (default: 1-65535)')
+    args = parser.parse_args()  # parse the command-line arguments and store them in args
+
+    try:
+        # perform the port scan on the target IP address with the specified scan type and port range
+        scan_ports(args.target_ip, f'{args.scan_type} -p {args.ports}')
+        
+    except nmap.PortScannerError as e:
+
+        print(f"An error occurred while scanning ports: {e}")
+        
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+      
+        print("Port scanning interrupted by user")
+
+
+
+# import argparse  
+# import nmap  # user will hvae to download nmap on their local machine
+
+# # def scan_ports(target_ip, scan_args):
+# #     # create nmap PortScanner object
+# #     scanner = nmap.PortScanner()
+# #     target_ip = "127.0.0.1"
+# #     scan_args = "-sV -O -p 1-65535"
+# #     # perform the port scan on target_ip using the given scan arguments
+# #     scanner.scan(target_ip, arguments=scan_args)
+# #     port_data = []  # initialize an empty list to store the port scan results
+# #     for host in scanner.all_hosts():
+# #         for port in scanner[host]['tcp']:
+# #             # append the port information to port_data in the form of a dictionary
+# #             port_data.append({
+# #                 "port_number": port,
+# #                 "protocol": scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['name'],
+# #                 "state": scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['state'],
+# #                 "version": scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['version'],
+# #             })
+# #     return port_data  # return the list of port scan results
+  
+# def scan_ports(target_ip="127.0.0.1", scan_args="-sV -O -p 1-65535"):
+#     scanner = nmap.PortScanner()
+#     scanner.scan(target_ip, arguments=scan_args)
+#     port_data = []
+#     for host in scanner.all_hosts():
+#         for port in scanner[host]['tcp']:
+#             port_data.append({
+#                 "port_number": port,
+#                 "protocol": scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['name'],
+#                 "state": scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['state'],
+#                 "version": scanner[host]['tcp'][port]['version'],
+#             })
+#     return port_data
+
+# if __name__ == '__main__':
+#     # define the command-line arguments using the argparse module
+#     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Perform a port scan on a target IP address')
+#     parser.add_argument('target_ip', help='The IP address of the target to scan')
+#     parser.add_argument('--scan-type', '-s', default='-sS', help='The type of scan to perform (default: -sS)')
+#     parser.add_argument('--ports', '-p', default='1-1000', help='The range of ports to scan (default: 1-65535)')
+#     args = parser.parse_args()  # parse the command-line arguments and store them in args
+
+#     try:
+#         # perform the port scan on the target IP address with the specified scan type and port range
+#         port_data = scan_ports(args.target_ip, f'{args.scan_type} -p {args.ports}')
+#         # print the port scan results in a formatted string
+#         for port in port_data:
+#             print(f"Port {port['port_number']}/{port['protocol']} is {port['state']} (version: {port['version']})")
+#     except nmap.PortScannerError as e:
+#         # handle errors related to nmap PortScanner object
+#         print(f"An error occurred while scanning ports: {e}")
+#     except KeyboardInterrupt:
+#         # handle keyboard interrupts (e.g. Ctrl+C)
+#         print("Port scanning interrupted by user")
+
+