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SSCP · Question #707
You are running a packet sniffer on a network and see a packet containing a long string of "0x90 0x90 0x90 0x90...." in the middle of it traveling to an x86-based machine as a target. This could be in
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Submitted by ricky.ec· Apr 18, 2026Systems and Application Security
Question
You are running a packet sniffer on a network and see a packet containing a long string of "0x90 0x90 0x90 0x90...." in the middle of it traveling to an x86-based machine as a target. This could be indicative of what activity being attempted?
Options
- AOver-subscription of the traffic on a backbone.
- BA source quench packet.
- CA FIN scan.
- DA buffer overflow attack.
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Topics
#Buffer Overflow#NOP Sled#Exploit Detection#Vulnerability Exploitation