Network Vulnerability Assessment

Attack vectors 

An attack vector is nothing but a path or means by which an attacker can gain access to the target system. For compromising a system, there could be multiple attack vectors possible. The following are some of the examples of attack vectors:

• Attackers gained access to sensitive data in a database by exploiting SQL injection vulnerability in the application
• Attackers gained access to sensitive data by gaining physical access to the database system
• Attackers deployed malware on the target systems by exploiting the SMB vulnerability
• Attackers gained administrator-level access by performing a brute force attack on the system credentials                                                                                   

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