A User Has Become Compromised as a Result of Visiting

question 39

Multiple Choice

A user has become compromised as a result of visiting a specific web page, without clicking on any kind of content. What type of attack has occurred?

• A)buffer overflow
• B)drive-by-download
• C)denial of service
• D)stack underflow

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