What is the term used to describe a Worm that is able to infect a host by exploiting many different application or operating system vulnerabilities?

The correct answer is C. Multi-Exploit Worm. Multi-exploit worms penetrate systems in multiple ways, using holes in a large number of network-based applications all rolled into one worm. A single worm may be able to exploit five, twenty, or even more vulnerabilities. Zero-Day worms target widely unknown or unpatched vulnera

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AMetamorphic Worm
BZero-Day Worm
CMulti-Exploit Worm
DPolymorphic Worm

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Multi-exploit worms penetrate systems in multiple ways, using holes in a large number of network-based applications all rolled into one worm. A single worm may be able to exploit five, twenty, or even more vulnerabilities. Zero-Day worms target widely unknown or unpatched vulnerabilities. Polymorphic and Metamorphic worms are classified by the methods they use to alter their code or their function, but not by the amount of exploits they use to infect systems.

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