Question

Which type of attack modifies the fields that contain the different characteristics of the data that is being transmitted?

Answer 1

Answer:

An HTTP Header attack

Explanation:

In web applications an HTTP refers to Hypertext Transfer Protocol and an HTTP Header is the value that is displayed in  a request or response message, the header has a name and a value separated by a colon.

An HTTP header attack called an header injection is a vulnerability that is present when users' inputs are required for the dynamic generation of HTTP headers. This vulneraility allows several security threats to be carried out, some examples are:

1. Malicious site redirection
2. Cross-site scripting, and
3. Session fixation through the set-cookie header