EC-Council
312-50V7 · Question #159
A computer science student needs to fill some information into a secured Adobe PDF job application that was received from a prospective employer. Instead of requesting a new document that allowed…
The correct answer is C. Dictionary attack. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A computer science student needs to fill some information into a secured Adobe PDF job application that was received from a prospective employer. Instead of requesting a new document that allowed the forms to be completed, the student decides to write a script that pulls passwords from a list of commonly used passwords to try against the secured PDF until the correct password is found or the list is exhausted. Which cryptography attack is the student attempting?
Options
- AMan-in-the-middle attack
- BBrute-force attack
- CDictionary attack
- DSession hijacking
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- C83% (19)
- D9% (2)
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