An analyst reviews the following web server log entries:%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2ES2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/etc/passwdNo attacks or malicious attempts have been...

CompTIA CS0-003 Question Answer

An analyst reviews the following web server log entries:

%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2ES2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/etc/passwd

No attacks or malicious attempts have been discovered. Which of the following most likely describes what took place?

A SQL injection query took place to gather information from a sensitive file.

A PHP injection was leveraged to ensure that the sensitive file could be accessed.

Base64 was used to prevent the IPS from detecting the fully encoded string.

Directory traversal was performed to obtain a sensitive file for further reconnaissance.

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