Found the error Not allowed to load local resource: file:///etc/passwd while looking at infosec.pub’s communities page. There’s a community called “ignore me” that adds a few image tags trying to steal your passwd file.

You have to be extremely poorly configured for this to work, but the red flags you see should keep you on your toes for the red flags you don’t.

  • delial@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Since you told me not to. There isn’t a risk on most linux systems; passwords were moved to /etc/shadow a long time ago. It only leaks the names of your users and largely useless info for most attackers:

    root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
    daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
    bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
    sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
    sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
    games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
    man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin
    lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin
    mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin
    news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin
    uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin
    proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
    www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin
    backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin
    list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin
    irc:x:39:39:ircd:/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin
    gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/usr/sbin/nologin
    nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
    _apt:x:100:65534::/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
    systemd-network:x:101:102:systemd Network Management,,,:/run/systemd:/usr/sbin/nologin
    systemd-resolve:x:102:103:systemd Resolver,,,:/run/systemd:/usr/sbin/nologin
    messagebus:x:999:999:System Message Bus:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
    systemd-timesync:x:998:998:systemd Time Synchronization:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
    systemd-coredump:x:997:997:systemd Core Dumper:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
    delial:x:1000:1000:,,,:/home/delial:/bin/bash
    sshd:x:103:65534::/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin
    xrdp:x:104:110::/run/xrdp:/usr/sbin/nologin
    dictd:x:105:111:Dictd Server,,,:/var/lib/dictd:/usr/sbin/nologin
    nm-openvpn:x:106:112:NetworkManager OpenVPN,,,:/var/lib/openvpn/chroot:/usr/sbin/nologin
    sssd:x:107:113:SSSD system user,,,:/var/lib/sss:/usr/sbin/nologin