GIAC GCED Exam - Topic 7 Question 76 Discussion

Actual exam question for GIAC's GCED exam

Question #: 76
Topic #: 7

Which of the following attacks would use ''..'' notation as part of a web request to access restricted files and directories, and possibly execute code on the web server?

AURL directory

BHTTP header attack

CSQL injection

DIDS evasion

ECross site scripting

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Suggested Answer: A

by Victor at Apr 09, 2026, 12:50 PM

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Brock

18 days ago

Totally agree, it's all about path traversal!

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Alease

23 days ago

It's definitely A) URL directory.

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Gerri

1 month ago

I keep mixing up SQL injection and directory traversal attacks. I feel like ".." notation is more about accessing files directly, so maybe A?

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Ranee

1 month ago

This question feels familiar; I practiced a similar one where directory traversal was the focus. I think it's definitely related to A.

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India

2 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about HTTP header attacks involving different types of notations.

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Virgilio

2 months ago

I think the answer might be A) URL directory, since I've seen examples where ".." is used to traverse directories.

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