---
id: 8260
title: "SMB Attacks Through Directory Traversal"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/smb-attacks-through-directory-traversal/"
published_at: "2014-01-13T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["smb", "penetration-testing", "directory-traversal", "web-application-security", "hash-capture", "unc-paths"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8260"
lang: en
---

# SMB Attacks Through Directory Traversal

## Summary

Directory traversal and filename manipulation flaws in web apps can escalate into SMB attacks by supplying UNC paths, capturing hashes or reaching internal file shares.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2014-01-13T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/smb-attacks-through-directory-traversal/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8260