General Information

Directory Indexing

Variants:
Direct 

Also Known As:
Directory Browsing

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Generic

Layer:
Application-Level

Platforms:
Any

Target Type:
Web Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Web Server Configuration, Web Application Configuration

Invented In:
01/01/1995

Added In:
25/12/2014


Vector Operation Method:
Access to root directory URLs exposes the list of file and directories.


Direct Variant:

Directory Listing

Also Known As:
Directory Browsing, Directory Indexing

Typical Severity:
Medium

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