Drag and Drop Question Drag and drop the exploits from the left onto the type of security vulnerability on the right. Answer:

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The correct matching pairs are: Buffer overflow → causes memory access errors (buffer overflows write beyond allocated memory boundaries, corrupting adjacent memory); Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) → makes the client the target of attack (CSRF tricks the victim's browser into sending malicious requests, targeting the end user/client); Path traversal → gives unauthorized access to web server files (path traversal uses sequences like '../' to navigate outside the web root and access restricted server files); SQL injection → accesses or modifies application data (SQL injection inserts malicious SQL code into queries to read, alter, or delete database contents). Each exploit maps precisely to its defining characteristic - buffer overflow is a memory-level attack, CSRF exploits client-side trust, path traversal targets the file system, and SQL injection targets the data layer.

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