You can also try a dir *.exe on your own PATH, /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, winnt, winnt/system32, and other such directories. Then add those executables to your dictionary. Sometimes people put weird things (ping.exe, traceroute.exe, notepad.exe, cmd.exe, command.com, bash, sh, etc.) in their CGI-BIN folders for weird purposes (such as testing if CGI execution actually works) and then forget to clean up afterwards. Philip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Grazi" <Alberto.Graziat_private> To: <PEN-TESTat_private> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:53 PM Subject: Word lists, again... > Hi, > during a pen-test I have found a directory which probably has exec > permission. > Since I didn't have any name of files (listing is not allowed) my > approach was to try a sort of "dictionary attack" on the URL. > I tried with a normal English dictionary but it didn't find anything > (each word was truncated to the 8th char and ".exe" was appended)... > does anyone know if there is a list of common names of CGIs available > (for Unix and win platforms) ? > > Thx > > Alberto > >
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