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Visual Basic 6
Visual Basic 6 : Undocumented feature: time bomb
Classification
OWASP ASVS
Overview
The application uses a current time comparison. Authors of backdoors use this technique to activate malicious functionality at a given moment (timebomb).
When the time bomb is detonated, it may perform a denial of service such as crashing the system, deleting critical data, or degrading system response time.
MEDIUM
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See also
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