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GPEN Question #304: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is C. SMBDie. SMBDie is a denial-of-service tool that crashes Windows NT/2000/XP systems by sending specially crafted malformed SMB protocol requests.
Question
Which of the following tools crashes computers running Windows 2000/XP/NT by sending crafted SMB requests?
Options
- ANBTdeputy
- BSMBGrind
- CSMBDie
- DSamdump
Explanation
SMBDie is a denial-of-service tool that crashes Windows NT/2000/XP systems by sending specially crafted malformed SMB protocol requests.
Common mistakes.
- A. NBTdeputy is a NetBIOS Name Service tool used to respond to NBT name queries on a network, not a tool for crashing systems via malformed SMB packets.
- B. SMBGrind is not the recognized tool associated with crashing Windows NT/2000/XP systems through crafted SMB requests in this context.
- D. Samdump is a credential extraction utility used to dump NTLM password hashes from the Windows SAM database, serving an entirely different purpose than denial-of-service attacks.
Concept tested. SMB denial-of-service tool targeting legacy Windows versions
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