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A security manager looked at various logs while investigating a recent security breach in the data center from an external source. Each log below was collected from various security devices compiled…

The correct answer is B. Log 2 E. Buffer overflow. Log 2 indicates that the security breach originated from an external source. And the vulnerability that can be associated with this security breach is a buffer overflow that happened when the amount of data written into the buffer exceeded the limit of that particular buffer.

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A security manager looked at various logs while investigating a recent security breach in the data center from an external source. Each log below was collected from various security devices compiled from a report through the company's security information and event management server. Logs:

Log 1:

Feb 5 23:55:37.743: %SEC-6-IPACCESSLOGS: list 10 denied 10.2.5.81 3 packets Log 2:

aaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Log 3:

Security Error Alert Event ID 50: The RDP protocol component X.224 detected an error in the protocol stream and has disconnected the client Log 4:

Encoder oe = new OracleEncoder (); String query = "Select user_id FROM user_data WHERE user_name = " + oe.encode ( req.getParameter("userID") ) + " and user_password = " + oe.encode ( req.getParameter("pwd") ) +" "; Vulnerabilities Buffer overflow SQL injection ACL XSS Which of the following logs and vulnerabilities would MOST likely be related to the security breach? (Select TWO).

Options

  • ALog 1
  • BLog 2
  • CLog 3
  • DLog 4
  • EBuffer overflow
  • FACL
  • GXSS
  • HSQL injection

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    23% (10)
  • B
    57% (25)
  • D
    2% (1)
  • F
    2% (1)
  • G
    11% (5)
  • H
    5% (2)

Explanation

Log 2 indicates that the security breach originated from an external source. And the vulnerability that can be associated with this security breach is a buffer overflow that happened when the amount of data written into the buffer exceeded the limit of that particular buffer.

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#log analysis#buffer overflow#attack identification#SIEM

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