( Question 1 )
Analyze the command output below. What conclusion can be drawn?
user@desktop:~$ sudo nmap -sU 192.168.116.9
Starting Nmap 4.53 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2010-10-01 07:27 EDT
Interesting ports on 192.168.116.9:
Not shown: 1485 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
137/udp open|filtered netbios-ns
138/udp open|filtered netbios-dgm
5353/udp open zeroconf
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.556 seconds
( Answer )
The source system did not get a response to the packet sent to 137/udp.
The target system sent a RST for port reported as closed.
,The source system did not respond to any probe packet.
The target system responded with an ICMP unreachable for port 138. - ✔Incorrect: The
source system did not respond to any probe packet.
( Correct Answer )
The source system did not get a response to the packet sent to 137/udp.
( Explanation )
During an nmap udp scan, a host may send an ICMP unreachable for closed UDP ports. If
that occurs, then the result will be that nmap reports the port as closed. If the target does
not respond to the probe packet, the port is reported as open|filtered.
(Question 2)
What is show in the image below
(image)
(Answer)
An unsuccessful attempt to create a remote command shell.
An unsuccessful attempt to compromise the \f"l\'C service.
A remote desktop session opened on a Windows XP host.
,A VNC session injected by a successful metasploit compromise. - ✔A VNC session injected by
a successful metasploit compromise.
( Question 3 )
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During the reconnaissance phase of a penetration test, the tester finds the public
document metadata shown below from an employee of the corporation being tested.
ExifTool Version Number : 8.20
File Name : Job Application 10 for web.pdf
Directory : .
File Size : 25 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2010:08:16 11:55:43-04:00
File Permissions : rw-rw-rw-
File Type : PDF
MIME Type : application/pdf
PDF Version : 1.4
XMP Toolkit : 3.1-701
Creator Tool : Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.7 for Excel
Metadata Date : 2010:01:04 12:01:35-05:00
Format : application/pdf
Document ID : uuid:8567b7b8-63a3-4cef-9c1f-452a576a6620
Instance ID : uuid:bb6baf95-2e85-4caa-bcc8-6323f44a1ea5
Page Count : 2
Create Date : 2010:01:04 12:01:34-05:00
Author : cjohnson
Creator : Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.7 for Excel
Producer : Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows)
, Modify Date : 2010:01:04 12:01:35-05:00
Title : Job Application
Which of the f - ✔Incorrect: A vulnerable web application to exploit
( Correct Answer )
A username to use for social engineering
( Explanation )
The metadata provides a potential username in the Author: field which can be used for social
engineering, reconnaissance, phishing, and other methods. The document does not have any
reference to web applications, or password hashes.
A penetration tester obtains telnet access to a target machine using a captured credential. While
trying to transfer her exploit to the target machine, the network intrusion prevention systems
keeps detecting her exploit and terminating her connection. Which of the following actions will
help the penetration tester transfer an exploit and compile it in the target system?
( Answer )
Use the telnet service's ECHO option to pull the file onto the target machine.
Use the copy ability and paste the file directly on the target machine.
Use the scp service, protocol SSHv2 to pull the file onto the target machine.
Use the http service's PUT command to push the file onto the target machine.Use the ftp
service in passive mode to push the file onto the target machine. - ✔Incorrect: Use the
telnet service's ECHO option to pull the file onto the target machine.
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