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GISP · Question #21
John visits an online shop that stores the IDs and prices of the items to buy in a cookie. After selecting the items that he wants to buy, the attacker changes the price of the item to 1. Original…
The correct answer is C. Cookie poisoning. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
John visits an online shop that stores the IDs and prices of the items to buy in a cookie. After selecting the items that he wants to buy, the attacker changes the price of the item to 1. Original cookie values: ItemID1=2 ItemPrice1=900 ItemID2=1 ItemPrice2=200 Modified cookie values: ItemID1=2 ItemPrice1=1 ItemID2=1 ItemPrice2=1 Now, he clicks the Buy button, and the prices are sent to the server that calculates the total price. Which of the following hacking techniques is John performing?
Options
- ACross site scripting
- BMan-in-the-middle attack
- CCookie poisoning
- DComputer-based social engineering
How the community answered
(26 responses)- A4% (1)
- B8% (2)
- C85% (22)
- D4% (1)
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