A tester notices that ports 139 and 445 are open on a Windows system and needs to discover directories that might be present but not obviously secured. Which method is most effective for enumerating these resources?
Use a scanning tool that checks known web paths for hidden directory names
Open a remote shell to extract environment variables referencing folders
Run a script designed for deeper inspection of the service listening on those channels
Capture broadcast packets and look for folder references within the data
Directly examining the file-sharing service that operates on these channels gathers more reliable data about directories. Approaches like inspecting environment variables, searching web paths, or waiting for broadcast traffic are less likely to uncover folder structures intended for file sharing.
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