312-50V12 Question #314: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Morris, an attacker, wanted to check whether the target AP is in a locked state. He attempted using different utilities to identify WPS-enabled APs in the target wireless network. Ultimately, he succeeded with one special command-line utility. Which of the following command-line utilities allowed Morris to discover the WPS-enabled APs?

Options

• Awash
• Bnet view
• Cmacof
• Dntptrace

Explanation

Morris successfully used the wash command-line utility to discover WPS-enabled access points because wash is specifically designed for scanning and identifying Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) enabled APs.

Common mistakes.

• B. net view is a Windows command used to display network resources like computers and shared folders, not for scanning wireless networks or discovering WPS-enabled APs.
• C. macof is a network utility designed to flood a switched network with random MAC addresses for MAC flooding attacks, not for wireless network discovery or WPS scanning.
• D. ntptrace is a utility used to trace the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server hierarchy, which is unrelated to wireless network scanning or WPS discovery.

Concept tested. Wireless Protected Setup (WPS) discovery tools

Reference. https://www.kali.org/tools/reaver/

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