Which of the following outcomes is an indicator that the w3af tool has successfully identified a potential vulnerability within a target web application during a penetration test?
Report of a 'Blind SQL Injection' vulnerability
XML External Entities (XXE) payload interception in HTTP requests
HTTP response with incrementing Set-Cookie headers for session enumeration
Significant increase in network throughput from the target's web server
A report of a 'Blind SQL Injection' vulnerability indicates that w3af has successfully detected a specific type of SQL injection where error messages are not returned to the attacker, making it a 'blind' process. Cookie enumeration is not a direct outcome of vulnerability detection, but rather a process of identifying valid session cookies. XML External Entities (XXE) detection is not unique and could be observed with other security tools, making this option less direct. Lastly, an increase in network throughput does not necessarily correlate with successful vulnerability identification.
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