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Question 1
A penetration tester wants to identify misconfigured permissions in Active Directory and enumerate user privileges. Which of the following is the most efficient way to automate this task?
Question 2
During a web application assessment, a penetration tester accesses the site unauthenticated and receives the following Set-Cookie on the first response: auth=yYKGORbrpabgr842ajbvrpbptaui42342 When the tester logs in, the server sends only one Set-Cookie header, and the value is exactly the same as shown above. Which of the following vulnerabilities has the tester discovered?
Question 3
As part of a penetration test, a tester needs to discover systems in the OT-segmented network. The tester should not disrupt OT services and must minimize device interaction. Which of the following should the penetration tester do?
Question 4
A penetration tester is assessing a manufacturing system that restricts console access to a single workstation in the customer's on-premises data center. The terminal requires each user to use unique, hardware-based MFA to gain access. Given the following reports: Server one: john@localhost:~$ sudo who john pts/1 2024-08-28 14:06 john@localhost:~$ sudo last john seat0 login screen Fri Aug 26 15:48 - crash (00:03) sarah seat0 login screen Thu Aug 25 12:47 - crash (00:03) jose seat0 login screen Tue Aug 23 15:25 - down (00:06) frank seat0 login screen Sat Aug 20 15:40 - down (00:06) wtmp begins Aug 2 15:39:53 2024 Badge reader logs: Date: Fri Aug 26 15:47 User: john Date: Thu Aug 25 12:46 User: john Date: Tue Aug 23 15:24 User: john Date: Sat Aug 20 15:39 User: frank Which of the following solutions would the penetration tester most likely recommend?
Question 5
During the reconnaissance phase, a penetration tester uses theHarvester to gather the following information: Subdomains: - mail.acme.com - vpn.acme.com - intranet.acme.com Which of the following describes the tool's output and is used to leverage an attack?
Question 6
A penetration tester has discovered sensitive files on a system. Assuming exfiltration of the files is part of the scope of the test, which of the following is most likely to evade DLP systems?

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  • Engagement management13%
  • Reconnaissance and enumeration21%
  • Vulnerability discovery and analysis17%
  • Attacks and exploits35%
  • Post-exploitation and lateral movement14%

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