Using a heuristic system to detect an anomaly in a computer’s baseline, a system administrator
was able to detect an attack even though the company signature based IDS and antivirus did not
detect it. Further analysis revealed that the attacker had downloaded an executable file onto the
company PC from the USB port, and executed it to trigger a privilege escalation flaw.
Which of the following attacks has MOST likely occurred?
A.
Cookie stealing
B.
Zero-day
C.
Directory traversal
D.
XML injection