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SY0-701 · Question #969
Which of the following types of vulnerabilities involves attacking a system to access adjacent hosts?
The correct answer is A. VM escape. VM escape exploits a vulnerability in the virtualization layer, allowing an attacker to break out of a virtual machine and gain access to the host system or adjacent virtual machines.
Submitted by packet_pusher· Mar 6, 2026Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations
Question
Which of the following types of vulnerabilities involves attacking a system to access adjacent hosts?
Options
- AVM escape
- BSide loading
- CRemote code execution
- DResource exhaustion
How the community answered
(18 responses)- A89% (16)
- B6% (1)
- D6% (1)
Explanation
VM escape exploits a vulnerability in the virtualization layer, allowing an attacker to break out of a virtual machine and gain access to the host system or adjacent virtual machines.
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