An Analyst Is Reviewing a Simple Program for Potential Security

question 199

Multiple Choice

An analyst is reviewing a simple program for potential security vulnerabilities before being deployed to a Windows server. Given the following code: Which of the following vulnerabilities is present?

• A) Bad memory pointer
• B) Buffer overflow
• C) Integer overflow
• D) Backdoor

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