Eccouncil Exam 312-39 Topic 7 Question 72 Discussion

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Question #: 72
Topic #: 7

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

ADirectory Traversal Attack

BSQL Injection Attack

CDenial-of-Service Attack

DForm Tampering Attack

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Suggested Answer: A

by Becky at Aug 10, 2023, 05:04 PM

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Ceola

2 days ago

I agree with both of you, it's definitely a Directory Traversal Attack.

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Una

4 days ago

I think it's A too, because the URL manipulation allows the attacker to access files outside the web root directory.

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Cyndy

17 days ago

A) Directory Traversal Attack

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