Question 600
An operator gains privileged exec access without a second secret after authenticating as a low-privilege line user. During troubleshooting: A read-only operations user can enter configuration mode without authorization. Which underlying cause best explains the recorded behavior?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The actual technical cause is: Privilege separation or enable-secret control is missing or overly permissive. It specifically explains the observation: a read-only operations user can enter configuration mode without authorization. The correcting configuration is: configure an appropriate enable secret or per-user privilege/authorization boundary rather than trusting line authentication for all commands.
Incorrect Answers
That diagnosis is supported by a different symptom: A workstation from an untrusted user VLAN can open the switch SSH login prompt. Here the recorded observation is: a read-only operations user can enter configuration mode without authorization. The applicable cause is: privilege separation or enable-secret control is missing or overly permissive.
That diagnosis is supported by a different symptom: An operator logs in with a shared line password without any user-specific accountability. Here the recorded observation is: a read-only operations user can enter configuration mode without authorization. The applicable cause is: privilege separation or enable-secret control is missing or overly permissive.
That diagnosis is supported by a different symptom: A configuration change is logged only as a device commit with no associated user command identity. Here the recorded observation is: a read-only operations user can enter configuration mode without authorization. The applicable cause is: privilege separation or enable-secret control is missing or overly permissive.






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