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Post-exploitation and lateral movement
Question
A penetration tester has gained access to the Chief Executive Officer's (CEO's) internal, corporate email. The next objective is to gain access to the network. Which of the following methods will MOST likely work?
Options
- ATry to obtain the private key used for S/MIME from the CEO's account.
- BSend an email from the CEO's account, requesting a new account.
- CMove laterally from the mail server to the domain controller.
- DAttempt to escalate privileges on the mail server to gain root access.
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Topics
#Post-exploitation#Privilege escalation#Mail server security#Network access