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Directory Brute-Force with dirb

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Summary

Brute-forces web directories and files with dirb using a wordlist to discover hidden content.

Walkthrough

A quick way to discover hidden directories and files on a web server using dirb and a wordlist.

Steps

  1. Point dirb at the target URL with a wordlist (the built-in common.txt is a good first pass).

``bash dirb http://<IP>/ /usr/share/wordlists/dirb/common.txt ``

Commands

bash

dirb http://<IP>/ /usr/share/wordlists/dirb/common.txt