Certified Penetration Testing Professional (EC-Council) - CPENT v2 (AI) / LPT Master

CPENT v2 / LPT Master Field Guide (Complete Edition) - Certified Penetration Testing Professional (EC-Council)

The large, command-complete reference for CPENT v2 (AI) / LPT Master, organized around the five ranges — Active Directory, Binary, IoT, Web, CTF — with a deep Pivoting & Double-Pivot core, expanded AD attacks, proxychains/reliability guidance, and a full worked engagement chain. Field-tested pivoting & AD notes are folded in.

Exam reality: a long, hands-on, multi-target engagement across five segmented ranges; LPT Master requires deep compromise + a professional report. Graded on methodology, pivoting into segmented internal networks, chaining across ranges, and documentation. Screenshot and note every step. ⚠️ Authorized/lab use only. All commands target the CPENT ranges / lab you're authorized to test. IPs below are placeholder examples — substitute your range's addressing.

Example lab topology (placeholders used throughout):

ATTACKER (you)        10.10.14.2
PIVOT-1 (dual-homed)  eth0 10.10.10.10    eth1 172.16.20.10     # first foothold (web DMZ host)
INTERNAL  (tier-2)    172.16.20.0/24      TARGET1 172.16.20.20  DC 172.16.20.5  WP 172.16.20.24
PIVOT-2 (dual-homed)  172.16.20.20        172.16.30.20          # inside tier-2
DEEP (tier-3)         172.16.30.0/24      TARGET2 172.16.30.30  (reachable only via PIVOT-2)

Table of Contents

1. CPENT / LPT Master Overview & the Five Ranges
2. Methodology & the Engagement Loop
3. Recon, Scanning & Enumeration
4. Pivoting & Tunneling — Overview & Comparison
5. SSH Port Forwarding (Local, Remote, Dynamic)
6. Port Forwarding — Datapipe, Socat, netsh portproxy
7. Meterpreter Pivoting (autoroute, portfwd, SOCKS)
8. Chisel (Local, Remote, SOCKS)
9. Double Pivot
10. Proxychains Setup & Pivot Reliability
11. Active Directory Range — Concepts