A Company That Utilizes an IaaS Service Provider Has Contracted

question 10

Multiple Choice

A company that utilizes an IaaS service provider has contracted with a vendor to perform a penetration test on its environment. The vendor is able to exploit the virtualization layer and obtain access to other instances within the cloud provider's environment that do not belong to the company. Which of the following BEST describes this attack?

• A) VM escape
• B) Directory traversal
• C) Buffer overflow
• D) Heap spraying

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Definitions:

Lumpenproletariat

A term coined by Marx to describe the class of outcasts in society, such as the unemployed and criminals, who are not involved in industrial production.

Proletariat

The proletariat is a term used in Marxist theory to describe the class of workers who do not own the means of production and must sell their labor power to survive.

Bourgeoisie

The class in capitalist societies that owns the means of production and employs wage labor, historically associated with wealth and societal power.

Capitalist System

An economic system where trade, industry, and the means of production are largely or entirely owned and operated by private individuals or companies for profit.