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Security vulnerability Types
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SQL injection : Attack where a user input is not correctly filtered and is used to alter a SQL query or even execute other custom queries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_injection
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Cross Site Scripting XSS : Script that is being executed on a victim browser, and exploit a flawn of a given site to escape user input correctly.
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Buffer overflow : When an application don't have enough memory to write its data, the system behave in a un predicable way, and can give possibility to special attack
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File system vulnerability : Wrong settings of the file system, where you allow user to upload files, change permission...