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Actual exam question from CompTIA's SY0-601
Question #: 667
Topic #: 1
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During an incident response, a security analyst observes the following log entry on the web server:



Which of the following BEST describes the type of attack the analyst is experiencing?

  • A. SQL injection
  • B. Cross-site scripting
  • C. Pass-the-hash
  • D. Directory traversal
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️
by sujon_london at Aug. 31, 2023, 12:15 p.m.

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loginnow123
Highly Voted 1 year, 6 months ago
Selected Answer: D
Seeing ../../../ is a giveaway for directory traveral
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Abdulaa
Most Recent 1 year, 2 months ago
23 APR 2024 I took my exam and i passed with 776, this question was on my exam this website was very helpful, study it and understood the answer. GL.
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Malkhofash
1 year, 5 months ago
../../ is the key to answer directly the question directory traversal
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sujon_london
1 year, 10 months ago
Selected Answer: D
the attacker manipulates the URL parameters by using "../" sequences or absolute file paths to navigate to parent directories and access arbitrary files and directories on the URL parameter "show" contains multiple "../" sequences, indicating an attempt to navigate to parent directories. The attacker is trying to access the "/etc/passwd" file, which is a commonly targeted file that stores user account information on Unix-based systems.
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