Software vulnerabilities

Software vulnerability is

• a type of the malware

• a type of software fault/bug

• a type of the exploit software

• a type of the payload

Software vulnerabilities are caused by

• design flaws

• implementation flaws

• misconfigurations

• all of the above

Vulnerabilities are usually created

• deliberately

• unintentionally

In a reverse shell...

• the victim machine connects to the attacker

• the attacker connects to the victim machine

• none of the above

Armitage and msfconsole are interfaces to...

• nmap

• netcat

• metasploit

• hydra

A piece of software or data that takes advantage of vulnerabilities to cause unintended SW behaviour is called

• virus

• exploit

• payload

• malware

A piece of software which performs malicious action is called

• exploit

• payload

• netcat

• metasploit

How can the crafted piece of data (e.g. crafted .pdf file) get to the victim's computer?

• sent as an attachment via email

• downloaded from the malicious web site

• carried on a memory stick

• all of the above

The vulnerable web server can be exploited without interaction from any user.

• True

• False

The vulnerable web browser can be exploited without interaction from its user.

• True

• False