During the Exploitation Phase of a Penetration Test, a Vulnerability

question 125

Multiple Choice

During the exploitation phase of a penetration test, a vulnerability is discovered that allows command execution on a Linux web server. A cursory review confirms the system access is only in a low-privilege user context: www-data . After reviewing, the following output from /etc/sudoers: Which of the following users should be targeted for privilege escalation?

• A) Only members of the Linux admin group, OPERATORS, ADMINS, jedwards, and operator can execute privileged commands useful for privilege escalation.
• B) All users on the machine can execute privileged commands useful for privilege escalation.
• C) Bfranks, emann, members of the Linux admin group, OPERATORS, and ADMINS can execute commands useful for privilege escalation.
• D) Jedwards, operator, bfranks, emann, OPERATOR, and ADMINS can execute commands useful for privilege escalation.

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