After Discovering the /Etc/shadow File Had Been Rewritten, a Security

question 709

Multiple Choice

After discovering the /etc/shadow file had been rewritten, a security administrator noticed an application insecurely creating files in / tmp . Which of the following vulnerabilities has MOST likely been exploited?

• A) Privilege escalation
• B) Resource exhaustion
• C) Memory leak
• D) Pointer dereference

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