A Penetration Testing Team Deploys a Specifically Crafted Payload to a Web

question 1153

Multiple Choice

A penetration testing team deploys a specifically crafted payload to a web server, which results in opening a new session as the web server daemon. This session has full read/write access to the file system and the admin console. Which of the following BEST describes the attack?

• A) Domain hijacking
• B) Injection
• C) Buffer overflow
• D) Privilege escalation

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