General Information

Directory and File Brute Forcing

Variants:
Direct 

Also Known As:
Informative 404 Messages, Web-based Directory Enumeration

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Generic

Layer:
Web-Infrastructure-Level

Platforms:
Any

Target Type:
Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Anti-Automation, Information Disclosure Prevention

Invented In:
01/01/1999

Added In:
23/12/2014



Direct Variant:

Dir and File Brute Forcing

Also Known As:
Directory and File Brute Forcing

Typical Severity:
Minor

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