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Types of Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities are weaknesses or flaws in systems, applications, or infrastructures that can be exploited by malicious individuals to compromise the security of a system or cause damage. These vulnerabilities can exist due to design, implementation, or configuration errors and can be exploited to access, modify, or destroy information, disrupt services, execute malicious code, or perform other harmful activities.

Vulnerabilities are weaknesses that can compromise security. It is important to understand the basic concepts of security and vulnerabilities to identify, fix, and prevent threats and attacks on a system or application.

The following are the topics that we will cover in the chapter:

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