EC-Council
312-50V12 · Question #90
Morris, a professional hacker, performed a vulnerability scan on a target organization by sniffing the traffic on the network to identify the active systems, network services, applications, and…
The correct answer is D. Passive assessment. Passive assessments sniff the traffic present on the network to identify the active systems, network services, applications, and vulnerabilities. Passive assessments also provide a list of the users who are currently accessing the network.
Submitted by rohit_dlh· Mar 4, 2026Reconnaissance Techniques
Question
Morris, a professional hacker, performed a vulnerability scan on a target organization by sniffing the traffic on the network to identify the active systems, network services, applications, and vulnerabilities. He also obtained the list of the users who are currently accessing the network. What is the type of vulnerability assessment that Morris performed on the target organization?
Options
- ACredentialed assessment
- BInternal assessment
- CExternal assessment
- DPassive assessment
How the community answered
(22 responses)- B5% (1)
- C5% (1)
- D91% (20)
Explanation
Passive assessments sniff the traffic present on the network to identify the active systems, network services, applications, and vulnerabilities. Passive assessments also provide a list of the users who are currently accessing the network.
Topics
#Vulnerability assessment#Passive reconnaissance#Network sniffing
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