CYBER.ORG: AP Cybersecurity – Lesson 2.4.12 – Lab Activity – Buffer Overflow

Objective:

  • Students will analyze potential indicators associated with application attacks.

Standards:

CompTIA Security+ SYO-701 Objective:
2.4 – Given a scenario, analyze indicators of malicious activity

  • Application Attacks
    • Injection
    • Buffer overflow
    • Forgery

Guiding Question:

What are some common application attacks including replay, privilege escalation and directory traversal and how can you defend against them?

Resources:

  • Lesson 2.4.12 – Application Attacks Pt 2.pptx and Lab – Buffer Overflow.pptx Presentations available on Google Classroom

Assignment:

  1. Review the Lesson 2.4.12 – Application Attacks Pt 2.pptx presentation, if necessary.
  2. Complete the Lab – Buffer Overflow.pptx Activity in class using the materials provided in Google Classroom.
  3. To confirm completion the lab activity, upload a screenshot displaying the Windows Desktop containing the “document_1” file, the “Malicious” folder and a Wordpad window with the “We have taken over your system” message, demonstrating the Windows 7 system has been successfully compromised to today’s Google Classroom post.

Assigned: November 25th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: November 26th, 2025