Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v12) — Question 100

Mason, a professional hacker, targets an organization and spreads Emotet malware through malicious script. After infecting the victim's device, Mason further used Emotet to spread the infection across local networks and beyond to compromise as many machines as possible. In this process, he used a tool, which is a self-extracting RAR file, to retrieve information related to network resources such as writable share drives.
What is the tool employed by Mason in the above scenario?

Answer options

• A. NetPass.exe
• B. Outlook scraper
• C. WebBrowserPassView
• D. Credential enumerator

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D, Credential enumerator, as it is specifically designed to extract credentials and gather information about network resources. The other options, such as NetPass.exe, Outlook scraper, and WebBrowserPassView, are focused on retrieving specific types of credentials from applications, rather than scanning for writable shares across a network.