Questions

Here are a few questions to test your understanding of the chapter:

1. Attackers find a vulnerability on a website that allows them to select items from a shopping basket. When the authorize payment button is selected, there is a 500 ms delay. The attackers run a script that takes 200 ms and allows the final payment to be altered. What is the vulnerability that has been targeted?
   1. Buffer overflow
   2. Integer overflow
   3. Broken authentication
   4. Race condition
2. Attackers find a vulnerability on a website that allows them to select items from a shopping basket. There is a running total value for the basket. When items are added beyond a total of $9,999, the total displays a value starting from $0.00. What is the vulnerability that has been targeted?
   1. Buffer overflow
   2. Integer overflow
   3. Broken authentication
   4. Weak ciphers
3. What allows attackers to sniff traffic on a network and capture cookies sent over HTTP?
   1. Improper headers
   2. Poor exception handling
   3. Certificate errors
   4. Race condition
4. What...