Which scenario is an example of a 'pass-the-ticket' attack?
A CISSP practice question covering Domain 5: Identity and Access Management (IAM). Try answering before reading the explanation below.
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Why "Reusing a captured Kerberos TGT or service ticket on another machine" is the right answer
Pass-the-ticket reuses Kerberos tickets directly. Pass-the-hash reuses NTLM hashes. JWT forgery requires the signing secret. PIN bruteforce attacks the credential itself, not a ticket.
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