Possible sensitive files
Possible sensitive files
Published on 2004-03-27. Updated on 2010-05-18.
Description:
A possible sensitive file has been found. This file is not directly linked from the website. This check looks for common sensitive resources like password files, configuration files, log files, include files, statistics data, database dumps. Each one of these files could help an attacker to learn more about his target.
Impact:
This file may expose sensitive information that could help a malicious user to prepare more advanced attacks.
Recommendation:
Restrict access to this file or remove it from the website.
Alert Tags: information_disclosure
ApplicableApplicationServer : All
ApplicableOS: All
ApplicableWebServer: All
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