What is the primary purpose of a debugger in vulnerability assessment?
To automatically patch the detected vulnerabilities in the source code without human intervention.
To scan a network for vulnerabilities by passively monitoring network traffic and identifying potential attack vectors.
To generate a list of assets on a network, including devices and applications, that may be susceptible to vulnerabilities.
To step through a program's execution and analyze the code at a fine-grained level, allowing the identification and diagnosis of anomalies and vulnerabilities.
A debugger is a tool that is primarily used to analyze and inspect the execution of a program at the code level. It enables a vulnerability assessor to step through code, set breakpoints, view program states, and understand the cause of crashes or erratic behavior, which might indicate the presence of a vulnerability. This information is critical for identifying the root cause of software vulnerabilities.
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