---
id: 8196
title: "Directory Traversal, File Inclusion, and The Proc File System"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/web-application-pentesting/directory-traversal-file-inclusion-proc-file-system/"
published_at: "2016-02-23T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["linux", "reconnaissance", "directory-traversal", "web-pentesting", "lfi", "proc"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8196"
lang: en
---

# Directory Traversal, File Inclusion, and The Proc File System

## Summary

Shows how directory traversal and local file inclusion bugs can read the Linux proc file system to reveal running processes, mounts, network connections, ARP tables, and kernel versions.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2016-02-23T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/web-application-pentesting/directory-traversal-file-inclusion-proc-file-system/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8196