INE Security’s Certified Professional Penetration Tester certification is a practical, hands-on certification exam designed for professional Penetration Testers and Ethical Hackers. The certification exam assesses and validates that the individual has the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to fulfill the role of a modern Penetration Tester.
Exam Objectives
The eCPPT evaluates an individual’s skills across various domains and objectives, certifying their mastery and understanding.
Information Gathering & Reconnaissance (10%)
Initial Access (15%)
Perform Username Enumeration to Identify Valid User Accounts on Target Systems
Perform Password Spraying Attacks to Identify Valid Credentials for Initial Access
Perform Brute-Force Attacks on Remote Access Services for Initial Access
Web Application Penetration Testing (15%)
Perform Web Application Enumeration to Identify Potential Vulnerabilities & Misconfigurations
Identify and Exploit Common Web Application Vulnerabilities For Initial Access (SQLi, XSS, Command Injection, etc)
Perform Brute-Force Attacks Against Login Forms
Exploit Vulnerable and Outdated Web Application Components
Exfiltrate Data and Credentials From Compromised Web Applications and Databases
Exploitation & Post-Exploitation (25%)
Identify and Exploit Vulnerabilities or Misconfigurations in Services
Identify and Exploit Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Dump and Crack Password Hashes
Identify Locally Stored Unsecured Credentials
Exploit Development (5%)
Develop/Modify Exploit Code For Initial Access and Post-Exploitation
Identify and Exploit Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (Stack Overflow, Buffer Overflow)
Active Directory Penetration Testing (30%)
Perform Active Directory Enumeration
Identify Domain Accounts With Weak or Empty Passwords
Perform AS-REP Roasting to Steal Kerberos Tickets for Authentication
Perform Active Directory Lateral Movement Techniques (Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket)
Obtain Domain Admin Privileges/Access
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