Free EC-COUNCIL 412-79v9 Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

  • Exam Code/Number: 412-79v9
  • Exam Name/Title: EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) v9
  • Certification Provider: EC-COUNCIL
  • Corresponding Certification: ECSA
  • Exam Questions: 205
  • Updated On: Jun 11, 2026
Passwords protect computer resources and files from unauthorized access by malicious users. Using passwords is the most capable and effective way to protect information and to increase the security level of a company.
Password cracking is the process of recovering passwords from data that have been stored in or transmitted by a computer system to gain unauthorized access to a system.

Which of the following password cracking attacks tries every combination of characters until the password is broken?
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What threat categories should you use to prioritize vulnerabilities detected in the pen testing report?
Correct Answer: C Vote an answer
To locate the firewall, SYN packet is crafted using Hping or any other packet crafter and sent to the firewall. If ICMP unreachable type 13 message (which is an admin prohibited packet) with a source IP address of the access control device is received, then it means which of the following type of firewall is in place?
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Which one of the following acts related to the information security in the US fix the responsibility of management for establishing and maintaining an adequate internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting?
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Identify the type of testing that is carried out without giving any information to the employees or administrative head of the organization.
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A firewall's decision to forward or reject traffic in network filtering is dependent upon which of the following?
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A wireless intrusion detection system (WIDS) monitors the radio spectrum for the presence of unauthorized, rogue access points and the use of wireless attack tools. The system monitors the radio spectrum used by wireless LANs, and immediately alerts a systems administrator whenever a rogue access point is detected.
Conventionally it is achieved by comparing the MAC address of the participating wireless devices.
Which of the following attacks can be detected with the help of wireless intrusion detection system (WIDS)?
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In the process of hacking a web application, attackers manipulate the HTTP requests to subvert the application authorization schemes by modifying input fields that relate to the user ID, username, access group, cost, file names, file identifiers, etc. They first access the web application using a low privileged account and then escalate privileges to access protected resources. What attack has been carried out?
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Identify the type of firewall represented in the diagram below:
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In the example of a /etc/passwd file below, what does the bold letter string indicate? nomad:HrLNrZ3VS3TF2:501:100: Simple Nomad:/home/nomad:/bin/bash
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An attacker injects malicious query strings in user input fields to bypass web service authentication mechanisms and to access back-end databases. Which of the following attacks is this?
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The IP protocol was designed for use on a wide variety of transmission links. Although the maximum length of an IP datagram is 64K, most transmission links enforce a smaller maximum packet length limit, called a MTU.
The value of the MTU depends on the type of the transmission link. The design of IP accommodates MTU differences by allowing routers to fragment IP datagrams as necessary. The receiving station is responsible for reassembling the fragments back into the original full size IP datagram.
IP fragmentation involves breaking a datagram into a number of pieces that can be reassembled later. The IP source, destination, identification, total length, and fragment offset fields in the IP header, are used for IP fragmentation and reassembly.

The fragment offset is 13 bits and indicates where a fragment belongs in the original IP datagram. This value is a:
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Packet filtering firewalls are usually a part of a router. In a packet filtering firewall, each packet is compared to a set of criteria before it is forwarded.
Depending on the packet and the criteria, the firewall can:
i)Drop the packet
ii)Forward it or send a message to the originator

At which level of the OSI model do the packet filtering firewalls work?
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A penetration tester performs OS fingerprinting on the target server to identify the operating system used on the target server with the help of ICMP packets.

While performing ICMP scanning using Nmap tool, message received/type displays "3 -
Destination Unreachable[5]" and code 3.
Which of the following is an appropriate description of this response?
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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a connection-oriented four layer protocol. It is responsible for breaking messages into segments, re-assembling them at the destination station, and re-sending. Which one of the following protocols does not use the TCP?
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