If you remove a host entry in the Metasploit database, what happens to related services and vulnerabilities?

• A. They are removed
• B. They stay
• C. They are flagged as orphan
• D. They are copied elsewhere

Answer: (A)

Deleting a host in the Metasploit database removes not just the host record but also the data that depends on it. The host is the parent for related services, and those services (and any vulnerabilities tied to them) are treated as dependent records. When you remove the host, the database enforces referential integrity by cascading the delete to those linked records, so the services and vulnerabilities are removed as well. This prevents orphaned data and keeps the database consistent. If you needed to preserve those dependent records, you would have to handle them before deleting the host, but the standard behavior is to remove them.