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Question #: 420
Topic #: 1
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A security administrator observed the following in a web server log while investigating an incident:

"GET ../../../../etc/passwd"

Which of the following attacks did the security administrator most likely see?

  • A. Privilege escalation
  • B. Credential replay
  • C. Brute force
  • D. Directory traversal
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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Fourgehan
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Selected Answer: D
The log entry GET ../../../../etc/passwd indicates an attempt to access a file outside the intended directory structure of the web server by manipulating the file path with ../. This is characteristic of a directory traversal attack. Directory traversal attacks exploit vulnerabilities in a web application's input handling to access unauthorized files and directories on the server. The goal in this case is to retrieve the /etc/passwd file, which stores user account information on Unix/Linux systems
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