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SY0-701 · Question #945

An employee from the accounting department logs in to the website used for processing the company's payments. After logging in, a new desktop application automatically downloads on the employee's comp

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Submitted by kim_seoul· Mar 6, 2026Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations

Question

An employee from the accounting department logs in to the website used for processing the company's payments. After logging in, a new desktop application automatically downloads on the employee's computer and causes the computer to restart. Which of the following attacks has occurred?

Options

  • AXSS
  • BWatering hole
  • CTyposquatting
  • DBuffer overflow

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