A penetration tester is getting ready to conduct a vulnerability scan as part of the testing process. The tester will evaluate an environment that consists of a container orchestration cluster. Which of the following tools should the tester use to evaluate the cluster?
During a security assessment, a penetration tester captures plaintext login credentials on the communication between a user and an authentication system. The tester wants to use this information for further unauthorized access.
Which of the following tools is the tester using?
During a web application assessment, a penetration tester identifies an input field that allows JavaScript injection. The tester inserts a line of JavaScript that results in a prompt, presenting a text box when browsing to the page going forward. Which of the following types of attacks is this an example of?
A client recently hired a penetration testing firm to conduct an assessment of their consumer-facing web application. Several days into the assessment, the client's networking team observes a substantial increase in DNS traffic. Which of the following would most likely explain the increase in DNS traffic?
A penetration tester completes a scan and sees the following output on a host:
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Nmap scan report for victim (10.10.10.10)
Host is up (0.0001s latency)
PORT STATE SERVICE
161/udp open|filtered snmp
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
3389/tcp open microsoft-ds
Running Microsoft Windows 7
OS CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_7_sp0
The tester wants to obtain shell access. Which of the following related exploits should the tester try first?
A penetration tester needs to test a very large number of URLs for public access. Given the following code snippet:
1 import requests
2 import pathlib
3
4 for url in pathlib.Path("urls.txt").read_text().split("\n"):
5 response = requests.get(url)
6 if response.status == 401:
7 print("URL accessible")
Which of the following changes is required?
A penetration tester gains access to the target network and observes a running SSH server.
Which of the following techniques should the tester use to obtain the version of SSH running on the target server?
A tester gains initial access to a server and needs to enumerate all corporate domain DNS records. Which of the following commands should the tester use?
A penetration tester is conducting an assessment of a web application's login page. The tester needs to determine whether there are any hidden form fields of interest. Which of the following is the most effective technique?
A penetration tester finished a security scan and uncovered numerous vulnerabilities on several hosts. Based on the targets' EPSS and CVSS scores, which of the following targets is the most likely to get attacked?
Host | CVSS | EPSS
Target 1 | 4 | 0.6
Target 2 | 2 | 0.3
Target 3 | 1 | 0.6
Target 4 | 4.5 | 0.4
