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312-49V8 · Question #49

Buffer Overflow occurs when an application writes more data to a block of memory, or buffer, than the buffer is allocated to hold. Buffer overflow attacks allow an attacker to modify the…

The correct answer is A. Target process's address space. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Buffer Overflow occurs when an application writes more data to a block of memory, or buffer, than the buffer is allocated to hold. Buffer overflow attacks allow an attacker to modify the _______________in order to control the process execution, crash the process and modify internal variables.

Options

  • ATarget process's address space
  • BTarget remote access
  • CTarget rainbow table
  • DTarget SAM file

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