Chegg I need your expert feedback on the below task: After doing some research,

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Chegg I need your expert feedback on the below task:

After doing some research, write a report that answers the following questions: about Vulnerability CVE-2004-2687:

1. CVE (if available) and vendor ID (if available) identifying the issue

2. Description of the vulnerability

3. Vendor recommendation

4. What might happen if the vulnerability is triggered (data loss, system compromise, denial of service, etc)

5. Is this likely to impact server or desktop systems

6. How critical is this and how quickly do you believe the organization should get it remediated?

Explanation / Answer

1. Vulnerability: CVE-2004-2687
Vendor: Apple
Product: Xcode Version 1.5
Issue: When the dustcc is not configured in the XCode 1.5 it allows the remote attackers to perform
malicious commands via jobs without authorization checks.

2. Description of the vulnerability: The vulnerability executes the compilation jobs without any authorization and runs malicious code to destroy the data.

3. Vendor recommendation: Use Apple Xcode which is best for providing the software.

4. when a system came across vulnerability it will be any form of supposing data loss which is losing the confidential data of the system. denial of service is one of the important technique in which the parties won't get a chance to communicate to each other

5. Yes if the vulnerability is major one it will affect the desktop and other systems. Ransomware is one of such king in which it affected a lot of systems.

6. This vulnerability is very serious and immediate recovery is the best option for this. If an organization gets this issue they should immediately implement a plan of action to avoid any customer data loss.

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