Vulnerabilities & Exploits Flashcards

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What is a Backdoor?

A

Code placed in a computer program to bypass normal authentication and other security mechanisms.

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What is the attacker doing during a Directory Traversal?

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Method of accessing unauthorized directories by moving through the directory structure on a remote server.

Essentially, this is a way to access a file on a poorly programmed server.

If you see ../../../ on the test, this is a directory traversal question.

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What is Arbitrary Code Execution?

How is it different from Remote Code Execution?

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Occurs when an attacker is able to execute or run commands on a victim computer.

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What is Remote Code Execution?

How is it different from Arbitrary Code Execution?

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Occurs when an attacker is able to execute or run commands on a REMOTE computer.

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