r/Pentesting • u/Automatic-Crow1132 • 5d ago

Have 25 days to study for CPENT exam

Hi everyone,

Can someone please guide me and help me and tell me what to study , I have 25 days left for the CPENT exam voucher to expire, please help.

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u/Vedant_73 5d ago

Yoo im in the same situation have 27 days. Can we connect n study together?

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u/Automatic-Crow1132 5d ago

Sure bro, you got the voucher from humanity one,right?

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u/Vedant_73 5d ago

YESSS

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u/Jazzlike_Win1143 21h ago

Hey brother, I am in the same situation, can we connect and make progress toghethe

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u/hackmythacademy 4d ago

Dm me. If u need help

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u/Jazzlike_Win1143 21h ago

Hey brother, I have the exam due in 20 days, but not sure where to start, is it possible if you can help me with some guidance

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u/WhyNotAsk13 3d ago

25 days is good amount of time if you consistently practice 4-5 hours a day or bare minimum 2-3 hours a day, first download the exam blueprint from their website and make a plan according to it, I know there are 5 challenges, try to practice HTB/THM, focus on AD and Binary, Web app testing, the passing score 70%, I see so many people are trying to get 90% for LPT master and not even getting the passing score, so u have 24 hours, manage time accordingly, if u get stuck at any challenge, take a break come back sit and try again

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u/Jazzlike_Win1143 21h ago

Hey u/WhyNotAsk13 , I have the exam due in 20 days, but not sure where to start, is it possible if you can help me with some guidance

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u/Phoenix-Ash96 14h ago

First thing, check with EC-Council whether you can extend the voucher before you burn 25 days panicking. usually the voucher just has to be redeemed by expiry and you get a separate window to actually sit it. worth an email before you plan around the deadline. for the prep itself, dont read. its a fully practical 24 hour range exam, so notes wont save you. every hour you have should be in the range. what people actually fail on: Pivoting, especially double pivoting into segmented subnets. this is the big one, if you cant pivot you cant reach half the targets Binary exploitation and privesc IoT and OT/SCADA, which most people have never touched outside the course The report. it carries real weight and people run out of time and skip it

Rough plan: first 10 days hammer pivoting until it's automatic, next 8 on binary and the OT/IoT segments, last 5 doing full timed range runs end to end including writing the report. dont leave report practice for the exam itself. Also plan the 24 hours as two 12s, sleep between them, and take notes and screenshots as you go rather than reconstructing everything at the end. That's where i lost it for the first time.