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ROOT - Path Disclosure

ID: root-path-disclosure

Severity: high

Author: soltanali0,ArganexEmad

Tags: misconfig,exposure,info-leak,listing,lfr

Description

Section titled “Description”

Detects potential exposure of sensitive file paths like /000ROOT000/.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: root-path-disclosure


info:
  name: ROOT - Path Disclosure
  author: soltanali0,ArganexEmad
  severity: high
  description: |
    Detects potential exposure of sensitive file paths like /000~ROOT~000/.
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 4
  tags: misconfig,exposure,info-leak,listing,lfr


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/home/000~ROOT~000/etc/passwd"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/000~ROOT~000/etc/passwd"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/OLDS/home/000~ROOT~000/etc/passwd"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/app/webroot/files/kcfinder/files/home/000~ROOT~000/etc/passwd"


    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "^root:.*:0:0:"


      - type: regex
        part: accept_ranges
        regex:
          - "bytes"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/misconfiguration/root-path-disclosure.yaml"

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