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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