Identify the attack when an attacker by several trial and error can read the contents of a password file present in the restricted etc folder just by manipulating the URL in the browser as shown: http://www.terabytes.com/process.php./../../../../etc/passwd
The correct answer is Directory Traversal Attack. This type of attack occurs when an attacker manipulates the URL path to access files and directories that are outside the web application's root directory. In this case, the use of '../' sequences in the URL is an attempt to traverse the directory structure to access the '/etc/passwd' file, which contains sensitive information such as user passwords.
That is directory traversal
A is correct.
A is correct
A. Directory Traversal Attack In a directory traversal attack, the attacker attempts to access files and directories that are outside the web application's root directory by manipulating the URL. In this case, the attacker is trying to access the password file by using "../" to navigate to the "/etc" directory.
tHAT'S DIRECTORY Travversal!
directory traversal
directory traversal
A. ..//..// directory traversal
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