An Attacker Types More Data in a Field Than the Programmer

question 68

Multiple Choice

An attacker types more data in a field than the programmer expected. This is a(n) ________ attack.

• A) denial-of-service
• B) directory traversal
• C) buffer overflow
• D) XSS

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