# directory traversal attack

> computer security vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the file system

**Wikidata**: [Q442856](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442856)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_traversal_attack)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/directory-traversal-attack


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Source](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/xml/cwec_latest.xml.zip)