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CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide

By : Mike Chapple, David Seidl
Book Image

CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide

By: Mike Chapple, David Seidl

Overview of this book

The CompTIA PenTest+ Study Guide: Exam PT0-001 offers comprehensive preparation for the newest intermediate cybersecurity certification exam. With expert coverage of Exam PT0-001 objectives, this book is your ideal companion throughout all stages of study; whether you’re just embarking on your certification journey or finalizing preparations for the big day, this invaluable resource helps you solidify your understanding of essential skills and concepts. The book shows how to perform security assessments on desktops, mobile devices, cloud, IoT, as well as industrial and embedded systems. You'll learn how to identify security weaknesses and manage system vulnerabilities. As you progress, you'll learn methods to ensure that existing cybersecurity practices, configurations, and policies conform with current best practices. You'll assess your knowledge by simulating cyber attacks to pinpoint security weaknesses in operating systems, networks, and applications. By the end of the book, you'll have all the resources you need to prepare for the exam - identify what you already know, learn what you don’t know, and face the exam with full confidence.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Acknowledgments
2
About the Authors
3
Introduction
4
Assessment Test
5
Answers to Assessment Test
18
Index
19
Advert
20
End User License Agreement

Chapter 6: Exploit and Pivot

  1. B. TCP 445 is a service port typically associated with SMB services.
  2. A. The Ruby on Rails vulnerability is the only vulnerability that specifically mentions remote code execution, which is most likely to allow Charles to gain access to the system.
  3. B. The OpenSSH vulnerability specifically notes that it allows user enumeration, making this the best bet for what Charles wants to accomplish.
  4. C. Metasploit searching supports multiple common vulnerability identifier systems, including CVE, BID, and EDB, but MSF was made up for this question. It may sound familiar, as the Metasploit console command is msfconsole.
  5. A. Matt can safely assume that almost any modern Linux system will have SSH, making SSH tunneling a legitimate option. If he connects outbound from the compromised system to his and creates a tunnel allowing traffic in, he can use his own vulnerability scanner through the tunnel to access the remote systems.
  6. C. Fred has used the scheduled tasks tool to...