Your biggest vulnerabilities aren’t what you think

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SANS Institute just released a security vulnerability analysis covering real infections and vulnerabilities on 9,000,000 real computers at big compani
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Please answer a dumb question: What is a buffer overflow vulnerability and why is it bad?

I appreciate your explanations. Thanks.

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Not a dumb question at all… In fact, it’s complicated, and that’s one of the reasons why they’re so hard to nail down.

Wikipedia has a good overview.

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Buffer overflows are used to execute code on the target system with the privileges of the user that has run the app.

Other methods and tools are explained on my website: 0day Security

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