The /etc/passwd file is a critical text file in Unix-like operating systems, including Linux. It contains a list of all registered users on the system. For each user, the file provides a line with a specific format that includes:
The general format is:
username:password:UID:GID:GECOS:home_directory:shell
The attacker used -2F instead of %2F (standard URL encoding) or / directly. This could be: -page-....-2F-2F....-2F-2F....-2F-2Fetc-2Fpasswd
Similar bypasses include:
The purpose of this report is to analyze the provided string as a cybersecurity indicator, explain: The /etc/passwd file is a critical text file
The given pattern resembles WAF/IDS logs capturing an exploit attempt against a parameter named page. The attacker used -2F instead of %2F (standard