CWE-548
Exposure of Information Through Directory Listing
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The product inappropriately exposes a directory listing with an index of all the resources located inside of the directory.
Status
draft
Abstraction
variant
Affected Platforms
Technical Details
AI Translation
Common Consequences
confidentiality
Impacts
read files or directories
Detection Methods
automated static analysis
Potential Mitigations
Phases:
architecture and design
system configuration
Descriptions:
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Recommendations include restricting access to important directories or files by adopting a need to know requirement for both the document and server root, and turning off features such as Automatic Directory Listings that could expose private files and provide information that could be utilized by an attacker when formulating or conducting an attack.