Common vulnerabilities quiz

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A situation in which an application writes to or reads from an area of memory that it is not supposed to access is referred to as:

Buffer overflow

A collection of precompiled functions designed to be used by more than one Microsoft Windows application simultaneously to save system resources is known as:

DLL

Which of the terms listed below describes a type of attack that relies on executing a library of code?

DLL Injection

A predefined username/password on a brand new wireless router is an example of:

Default configuration

Which of the terms listed below refers to a software that no longer receives continuing support?

EOL

Which of the terms listed below describes a programming error where an application tries to store a numeric value in a variable that is too small to hold it?

Integer overflow

A situation in which an application fails to properly release memory allocated to it or continually requests more memory than it needs is called:

Memory leak

Which of the following terms describes an attempt to read a variable that stores a null value?

Pointer dereference

A malfunction in preprogrammed sequential access to a shared resource is described as:

Race condition

Which of the answers listed below describes the result of a successful DoS attack?

Resource exhaustion

What is the best countermeasure against social engineering?

User education

Zero-day attack exploits:

Vulnerability that is present in already released software but unknown to the software developer

An e-commerce store app running on an unpatched web server is an example of:

Vulnerable business process

After feeding an input form field with incorrect data, a hacker gets access to debugger info providing extensive description of the error. This situation is an example of:

improper error handling

A situation in which a web form field accepts data other than expected (e.g. server commands) is an example of:

improper input validation

Which of the following violates the principle of least privilege?

improperly configured accounts


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