The following program has buffer overflow vulnerability.

#include

#include

int main$($void$)\{$

char buff$[15]$;

int pass $=0$;

printf$("$

Enter the password:

$")$;

gets$($buff$)$;

if $($strcmp$($buff$,$ "thegeekstuff"$)\{$

printf$("$

Wrong Password

$")$;

$\}$

else $\{$

printf$("$

Correct Password

$")$;

pass $=1$;

$\}$

if $($pass$)\{$

$/*$ Now give root or admin rights to user $*/$

printf$("$

Root privileges given to the user

$")$;

$\}$

return $0$;

$\}$

a$)$ Explain how it can be exploited and what would be the result of an attack that exploits this

vulnerability?