Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v12) — Question 103

Attacker Simon targeted the communication network of an organization and disabled the security controls of NetNTLMv1 by modifying the values of LMCompatibilityLevel, NTLMMinClientSec, and RestrictSendingNTLMTraffic. He then extracted all the non-network logon tokens from all the active processes to masquerade as a legitimate user to launch further attacks.
What is the type of attack performed by Simon?

Answer options

• A. Combinator attack
• B. Dictionary attack
• C. Rainbow table attack
• D. Internal monologue attack

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Simon performed an Internal monologue attack by leveraging his access to the organization's communication network and impersonating a legitimate user after disabling security controls. The other options, such as Combinator, Dictionary, and Rainbow table attacks, refer to different methods of password cracking and do not involve the impersonation of users through extracted tokens.