CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002) — Question 82

A penetration tester was contracted to test a proprietary application for buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Which of the following tools would be BEST suited for this task?

Answer options

• A. GDB
• B. Burp Suite
• C. SearchSpliot
• D. Netcat

Correct answer: A

Explanation

GDB (GNU Debugger) is specifically designed for debugging programs and can effectively identify buffer overflow vulnerabilities by allowing the tester to analyze the program's execution and memory. Burp Suite is primarily used for web application security testing, while SearchSploit is a tool for finding exploits and Netcat is used for network communications, making them less suitable for this specific type of vulnerability assessment.