directory traversal
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[edit]Noun
[edit]directory traversal (plural directory traversals)
- (cybersecurity) An attack in which the attacker causes a system to move from an allowed path or directory to one which is meant to be private via path change commands.
- Synonyms: backtracing, directory climbing, dot dot slash, path traversal
Further reading
[edit]- directory traversal attack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia