The Exploitation of a Buffer-Overrun Vulnerability in an Application Will

question 784

Multiple Choice

The exploitation of a buffer-overrun vulnerability in an application will MOST likely lead to:

• A) arbitrary code execution.
• B) resource exhaustion.
• C) exposure of authentication credentials.
• D) dereferencing of memory pointers.

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