How can the information below be used in a penetration test?

The correct answer is C. Harvest the user information to attempt to gain access. The users exposed in metadata can give information for accounts or for attempted exploitation or social engineering.

Vulnerability Exploitation & Privilege Escalation

Question

Exhibit

Options

AAttempt to use an Apache exploit on the server
BMake a zone transfer request on the DNS server
CHarvest the user information to attempt to gain access
DUse the heartbleed vulnerability to pull all user data off the server

How the community answered

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A
3% (1)
B
8% (3)
C
73% (27)
D
16% (6)

Explanation

The users exposed in metadata can give information for accounts or for attempted exploitation or social engineering.

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#credential harvesting#OSINT#penetration testing#information gathering

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