Directory listing
Summary: PortSwigger Research describes directory listing as a web server behavior where servers automatically list the contents of directories that lack an index page, letting an attacker quickly identify resources at a given path and move directly to analyzing and attacking them. The text notes this particularly exposes sensitive files not meant to be accessible, such as temporary files and crash dumps, while stating that directory listings themselves are not necessarily a vulnerability and that disabling them can be done in two ways.
What you should know: Temporary files and crash dumps sitting in a listed directory are reachable by anyone who browses to the path, and the text notes that even with listings disabled an attacker may guess sensitive file locations using automated tools.
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