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## Vulnerabilities
### 1. Hardcoded License Key (Critical)
**Location**: Lines 38-43
**CWE Reference**: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)
**Severity**: Critical
**Root Cause**: The license key "X4A9-Z28-JQK-74L6-P1-T2B" is directly hardcoded into the binary, storing it byte-by-byte in memory. This makes it trivial to extract through
static analysis or simple memory inspection.
**Proof of Concept**:
```
1. Use a hex editor or disassembler to view the binary
2. Locate the string pattern matching "X4A9-Z28-JQK-74L6-P1-T2B"
3. Alternatively, run the program in a debugger, break after line 43, and examine memory at licenseKeyHardcoded
```
Example with a simple memory dump:
```c
// Extracting the key from memory
char* key = licenseKeyHardcoded;
printf("Extracted key: %s\n"); // Outputs: X4A9-Z28-JQK-74L6-P1-T2B
```
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