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0Jacob is concerned about attacks against his virtual machines that would target the hypervisor. What term describes this type of attack?
Answer Options
A
VM escape
B
Hypervisor escalation
C
VM shell attacks
D
Container breaches
Correct Answer: A
Explanation
Virtual machine (VM) escape attacks attempt to access or gain control of the underlying hypervisor through virtual machines. While uncommon, if this occurred it could result in serious issues due to the number of systems run on a single hypervisor host particularly in cloud or shared environments. The other options were made up for the question.