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Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Question 8 (page: 35)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

What is the following command used for?
net use \targetipc$ "" /u:""

  1. Grabbing the etc/passwd file
  2. Grabbing the SAM
  3. Connecting to a Linux computer through Samba.
  4. This command is used to connect as a null session
  5. Enumeration of Cisco routers

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The null session is one of the most debilitating vulnerabilities faced by Windows. Null sessions can be established through port 135, 139, and 445.



What is the algorithm used by LM for Windows2000 SAM ?

  1. MD4
  2. DES
  3. SHA
  4. SSL

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Okay, this is a tricky question. We say B, DES, but it could be A “MD4” depending on what their asking - Windows 2000/XP keeps users passwords not "apparently", but as hashes, i.e. actually as "check sum" of the passwords. Let's go into the passwords keeping at large. The most interesting structure of the complex SAM-file building is so called V-block. It's size is 32 bytes and it includes hashes of the password for the local entering: NT Hash of 16-byte length, and hash used during the authentication of access to the common resources of other computers LanMan Hash, or simply LM Hash, of the same 16-byte length. Algorithms of the formation of these hashes are following:
NT Hash formation:
1. User password is being generated to the Unicode-line.
2. Hash is being generated based on this line using MD4 algorithm.
3. Gained hash in being encoded by the DES algorithm, RID (i.e. user identifier) had been used as a key. It was necessary for gaining variant hashes for users who have equal passwords. You remember that all users have different RIDs (RID of the Administrator's built in account is 500, RID of the Guest's built in account is 501, all other users get RIDs equal 1000, 1001, 1002, etc.).
LM Hash formation:
1. User password is being shifted to capitals and added by nulls up to 14-byte length.
2. Gained line is divided on halves 7 bytes each, and each of them is being encoded separately using DES, output is 8-byte hash and total 16-byte hash.
3. Then LM Hash is being additionally encoded the same way as it had been done in the NT Hash formation algorithm step 3.



Ann would like to perform a reliable scan against a remote target. She is not concerned about being stealth at this point.
Which of the following type of scans would be the most accurate and reliable option?

  1. A half-scan
  2. A UDP scan
  3. A TCP Connect scan
  4. A FIN scan

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

A TCP Connect scan, named after the Unix connect() system call is the most accurate scanning method. If a port is open the operating system completes the TCP three-way handshake, and the port scanner immediately closes the connection. Otherwise an error code is returned.
Example of a three-way handshake followed by a reset:
Source Destination Summary
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[192.168.0.8] [192.168.0.10] TCP: D=80 S=49389 SYN SEQ=3362197786 LEN=0 WIN=5840
[192.168.0.10] [192.168.0.8] TCP: D=49389 S=80 SYN ACK=3362197787 SEQ=58695210 LEN=0 WIN=65535
[192.168.0.8] [192.168.0.10] TCP: D=80 S=49389 ACK=58695211 WIN<<2=5840
[192.168.0.8] [192.168.0.10] TCP: D=80 S=49389 RST ACK=58695211 WIN<<2=5840



Which of the following best describes Vulnerability?

  1. The loss potential of a threat
  2. An action or event that might prejudice security
  3. An agent that could take advantage of a weakness
  4. A weakness or error that can lead to compromise

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

A vulnerability is a flaw or weakness in system security procedures, design or implementation that could be exercised (accidentally triggered or intentionally exploited) and result in a harm to an IT system or activity.



How does Traceroute map the route that a packet travels from point A to point B?

  1. It uses a TCP Timestamp packet that will elicit a time exceed in transit message.
  2. It uses a protocol that will be rejected at the gateways on its way to its destination.
  3. It manipulates the value of time to live (TTL) parameter packet to elicit a time exceeded in transit message.
  4. It manipulated flags within packets to force gateways into generating error messages.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Traceroute works by increasing the "time-to-live" value of each successive batch of packets sent. The first three packets have a time-to-live (TTL) value of one (implying that they make a single hop). The next three packets have a TTL value of 2, and so on. When a packet passes through a host, normally the host decrements the TTL value by one, and forwards the packet to the next host. When a packet with a TTL of one reaches a host, the host discards the packet and sends an ICMP time exceeded (type 11) packet to the sender. The traceroute utility uses these returning packets to produce a list of hosts that the packets have traversed en route to the destination.



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