A security analyst was provided with a detailed penetration report, which was performed
against the organization's DMZ environment. It was noted on the report that a finding
has a CVSS base score of 100.
Which of the following levels of difficulty would be required to exploit this vulnerabil...
a security analyst was provided with a detailed penetration report
which was performed against the organizationamp39s dmz environment it was noted o
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A security analyst was provided with a detailed penetration report, which was performed
against the organization's DMZ environment. It was noted on the report that a finding
has a CVSS base score of 100.
Which of the following levels of difficulty would be required to exploit this vulnerability?
A. Very difficult; perimeter systems are usually behind a firewall
B. Somewhat difficult, would require significant processing power to exploit
C. Trivial, little effort is required to exploit this finding
D. Impossible; external hosts are hardened to protect against attacks Correct answer-
C. Trivial, little effort is required to exploit this finding
A penetration tester has gained access to a marketing employee's device. The
penetration tester wants to ensure that if the access is discovered, control of the device
can be regained.
Which of the actions should the penetration tester use to maintain persistence to the
device? (Select TWO)
A. Place an entry in HKLM\Software Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run to call au57d.ps1.
B. Place an entry in C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for 12.17.20.10
badcomptia.com
C. Place a script in C:\users\%username\local\appdata\roaming\templau57d.ps1
D. Create a fake service in Windows called RTAudio to execute manually
E. Place an entry for RTAudio in HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RTAudio.
F. Create a schedule task to call C:\wwindows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Correct
answer- A. Place an entry in HKLM\Software Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run to call
au57d.ps1.
B. Place an entry in C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts for 12.17.20.10
badcomptia.com
Which of the following tools is used to perform a credential brute force attack?
A. Hydra
B. John the Ripper
C. Hashcat
D. Peach Correct answer- A. Hydra
Which of the following situations would cause a penetration tester to communicate with
a system owner/client during the course of a test? (Select Two)
A. The tester discovers personally identifiable data on the system.
B. The system shows evidence of prior unauthorized compromise
C. The system shows a lack of hardening throughout
D. The system becomes unavailable following an attempted exploit
E. The tester discovers a finding on an out-of-scope system Correct answer- B. The
system shows evidence of prior unauthorized compromise
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