Question

Malicious code can be pushed into the _________ during ______________ attack.

(a) stack, buffer-overflow

(b) queue, buffer-overflow

(c) memory-card, buffer-overflow

(d) external drive, buffer-overflow

The question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

The query is from Buffer Overflow topic in section Cyber Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) stack, buffer-overflow

The best explanation: Malicious code can be pushed into the stack during the buffer-overflow attack. The overflow can be used to overwrite the return pointer so that the control-flow switches to the malicious code.