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PenTest+ Deep Dive: Exploitation Techniques, Post-Exploitation, and Lateral Movement

Attacks and Exploits (23%) and Post-Exploitation and Lateral Movement (21%) are the highest-weight PenTest+ domains. This guide covers web application attacks, privilege escalation techniques, lateral movement methods, pivoting, persistence mechanisms, and the tools the exam expects you to know.

Domains 4 and 5 together represent 44% of the PenTest+ PT0-003 exam — the single largest combined block of content. Domain 4 (Attacks and Exploits, 23%) covers the techniques used to gain initial access, while Domain 5 (Post-Exploitation and Lateral Movement, 21%) covers what happens after you are inside. Candidates who underinvest in these two domains cannot pass the exam …

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