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- Discussed below are various Google’s special commands and I shall be explaining each command in brief and will show how it can be used for getting confidential data.
- [ intitle: ]
- The “intitle:” syntax helps Google restrict the search results to pages containing that word in the title. For example, “intitle: login password” (without quotes) will return links to those pages that has the word "login" in their title, and the word "password" anywhere in the page.
- Similarly, if one has to query for more than one word in the page title then in that case “allintitle:” can be used instead of “intitle” to get the list of pages containing all those words in its title. For example using “intitle: login intitle: password” is same as querying “allintitle: login password”.
- [ inurl: ]
- The “inurl:” syntax restricts the search results to those URLs containing the search keyword. For example: “inurl: passwd” (without quotes) will return only links to those pages that have "passwd" in the URL.
- Similarly, if one has to query for more than one word in an URL then in that case “allinurl:” can be used instead of “inurl” to get the list of URLs containing all those search keywords in it. For example: “allinurl: etc/passwd“ will look for the URLs containing “etc” and “passwd”. The slash (“/”) between the words will be ignored by Google.
- [ site: ]
- The “site:” syntax restricts Google to query for certain keywords in a particular site or domain. For example: “exploits site:hackingspirits.com” (without quotes) will look for the keyword “exploits” in those pages present in all the links of the domain “hackingspirits.com”. There should not be any space between “site:” and the “domain name”.
- [ filetype: ]
- This “filetype:” syntax restricts Google search for files on internet with particular extensions (i.e. doc, pdf or ppt etc). For example: “filetype:doc site:gov confidential” (without quotes) will look for files with “.doc” extension in all government domains with “.gov” extension and containing the word “confidential” either in the pages or in the “.doc” file. i.e. the result will contain the links to all confidential word document files on the government sites.
- [ link: ]
- “link:” syntax will list down webpages that have links to the specified webpage. For Example: “link:www.securityfocus.com” will list webpages that have links pointing to the SecurityFocus homepage. Note there can be no space between the "link:" and the web page url.
- [ related: ]
- The “related:” will list web pages that are "similar" to a specified web page. For Example: “related:www.securityfocus.com” will list web pages that are similar to the Securityfocus homepage. Note there can be no space between the "related:" and the web page url.
- [ cache: ]
- The query “cache:” will show the version of the web page that Google has in its cache. For Example: “cache:www.hackingspirits.com” will show Google's cache of the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the "cache:" and the web page url.
- If you include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words within the cached document. For Example: “cache:www.hackingspirits.com guest” will show the cached content with the word "guest" highlighted.
- [ intext: ]
- The “intext:” syntax searches for words in a particular website. It ignores links or URLs and page titles. For example: “intext:exploits” (without quotes) will return only links to those web pages that has the search keyword "exploits" in its webpage.
- [ phonebook: ]
- “phonebook” searches for U.S. street address and phone number information. For Example: “phonebook:Lisa+CA” will list down all names of person having “Lisa” in their names and located in “California (CA)”. This can be used as a great tool for hackers incase someone want to do dig personal information for social engineering.
- DEMYSTIFYING GOOGLE HACKS
- Using “Index of ” syntax to find sites enabled with Index browsing
- A webserver with Index browsing enabled means anyone can browse the webserver directories like ordinary local directories. Here I shall discuss how one can use “index of” syntax to get a list links to webserver which has got directory browsing enabled. This becomes an easy source for information gathering for a hacker. Imagine if the get hold of password files or others sensitive files which are not normally visible to the internet. Below given are few examples using which one can get access to many sensitive information much easily.
- Index of /admin
- Index of /passwd
- Index of /password
- Index of /mail
- "Index of /" +passwd
- "Index of /" +password.txt
- "Index of /" +.htaccess
- "Index of /secret"
- "Index of /confidential"
- "Index of /root"
- "Index of /cgi-bin"
- "Index of /credit-card"
- "Index of /logs"
- "Index of /config"
- Looking for vulnerable sites or servers using “inurl:” or “allinurl:”
- Using “allinurl:winnt/system32/” (without quotes) will list down all the links to the server which gives access to restricted directories like “system32” through web. If you are lucky enough then you might get access to the cmd.exe in the “system32” directory. Once you have the access to “cmd.exe” and is able to execute it then Bingo!! You owns the server. ?
- Using “allinurl:wwwboard/passwd.txt”(without quotes) in the Google search will list down all the links to the server which are vulnerable to “WWWBoard Password vulnerability”. To know more about this vulnerability you can have a look at the following link: http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/2BUQ4S0SAW.html
- Using “inurl:.bash_history” (without quotes) will list down all the links to the server which gives access to “.bash_history” file through web. This is a command history file. This file includes the list of command executed by the administrator, and sometimes includes sensitive information such as password typed in by the administrator. If this file is compromised and if contains the encrypted unix (or *nix) password then it can be easily cracked using “John The Ripper”.
- Using “inurl:config.txt” (without quotes) will list down all the links to the servers which gives access to “config.txt” file through web. This file contains sensitive information, including the hash value of the administrative password and database authentication credentials. For Example: Ingenium Learning Management System is a Web-based application for Windows based systems developed by Click2learn, Inc. Ingenium Learning Management System versions 5.1 and 6.1 stores sensitive information insecurely in the config.txt file. For more information refer the following links: http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/6M00H2K5PG.html
- Other similar search using “inurl:” or “allinurl:” combined with other syntaxs
- inurl:admin filetype:txt
- inurl:admin filetype:db
- inurl:admin filetype:cfg
- inurl:mysql filetype:cfg
- inurl:passwd filetype:txt
- inurl:iisadmin
- inurl:auth_user_file.txt
- inurl:orders.txt
- inurl:"wwwroot/*."
- inurl:adpassword.txt
- inurl:webeditor.php
- inurl:file_upload.php
- inurl:gov filetype:xls "restricted"
- index of ftp +.mdb allinurl:/cgi-bin/ +mailto
- Looking for vulnerable sites or servers using “intitle:” or “allintitle:”
- Using [allintitle: "index of /root”] (without brackets) will list down the links to the web server which gives access to restricted directories like “root” through web. This directory sometimes contains sensitive information which can be easily retrieved through simple web requests.
- Using [allintitle: "index of /admin”] (without brackets) will list down the links to the websites which has got index browsing enabled for restricted directories like “admin” through web. Most of the web application sometimes uses names like “admin” to store admin credentials in it. This directory sometimes contains sensitive information which can be easily retrieved through simple web requests.
- Other similar search using “intitle:” or “allintitle:” combined with other syntaxs
- intitle:"Index of" .sh_history
- intitle:"Index of" .bash_history
- intitle:"index of" passwd
- intitle:"index of" people.lst
- intitle:"index of" pwd.db
- intitle:"index of" etc/shadow
- intitle:"index of" spwd
- intitle:"index of" master.passwd
- intitle:"index of" htpasswd
- intitle:"index of" members OR accounts
- intitle:"index of" user_carts OR user_cart
- allintitle: sensitive filetype:doc
- allintitle: restricted filetype :mail
- allintitle: restricted filetype:doc site:gov
- OTHER INTERESTING SEARCH QUERIES
- To search for sites vulnerable to Cross-Sites Scripting (XSS) attacks:
- allinurl:/scripts/cart32.exe
- allinurl:/CuteNews/show_archives.php
- allinurl:/phpinfo.php
- To search for sites vulnerable to SQL Injection attacks:
- allinurl:/privmsg.php
- allinurl:/privmsg.php
- inurl:index.of.password
- Directory listing contains password file(s)?
- intitle:"Index of" service.pwd
- Directory listing contains service.pwd file(s)
- intitle:"Index of" view-source
- Directory listing contains view-source file(s)
- intitle:"Index of" admin
- Direcory listing contains administrative files or directories
- intitle:"Index of" .htpasswd
- Directory listing contains .htpasswd file!
- intitle:"Index of" log.txt
- Directory listing contians log text files
- intitle:"Index of" stats.html
- Directory listing contains stats.html which may contain useful web server statistics
- "access denied for user" "using password"
- Web page contains error message which might provide useful application information
- "A syntax error has occurred" filetype:ihtml
- Web page contains error message which might provide useful application information
- "ORA-00921: unexpected end of SQL command"
- Web page contains error message which might provide useful application information
- inurl:passlist.txt
- The passlist.txt file may contain user passwords
- "Index of /backup"
- Directory may contain sensitive backup files
- intitle:"Index of" .bash_history
- Directory listing contains bash history information
- intitle:"Index of" index.html.bak
- Directory listing contains backup index file (index.html.bak)
- intitle:"Index of" index.php.bak
- Directory listing contains backup index file (index.html.bak)
- intitle:"Index of" guestbook.cgi
- Directory listing contains backup index file (index.html.bak)
- intitle"Test Page for Apache"
- Default test page for Apache
- intitle:index.of.etc
- Directory listing of /etc ?
- filetype:xls username password
- XLS spreadseet containing usernames and passwords?
- "This file was generated by Nessus"
- Nessus report!
- intitle:"Index of" secring.bak
- Secret key file
- intitle:"Terminal Services Web Connection"
- Access terminal services!
- intitle:"Remote Desktop Web Connection"
- Access Remote Desktop!
- intitle:"Index of" access_log
- Directory listing contains access_log file which may store sensitive information
- intitle:"Index of" finance.xls
- Directory listing contains finance.xls which may contain sensitive information
- intitle:"Usage Statistics for"
- Statistical information may contain sensitive data
- intitle:"Index of" WSFTP.LOG
- WSFTP.LOG file contains information about FTP transactions
- intitle:"Index of" ws_ftp.ini
- The ws_ftp.ini file may contain usernames and passwords of FTP users
- "not for distribution" confidential
- URL may contain confidential or sensitive information
- "phpMyAdmin" "running on" inurl:"main.php"
- phpMyAdmin allows remote mysql database administration
- "#mysql dump" filetype:sql
- mysql database dumps
- "This summary was generated by wwwstat"
- Database statistics
- "Host Vulnerability Summary Report"
- Vulnerability report!
- "Network Vulnerability Assessment Report"
- Vulnerability report!
- inurl:php.ini filetype:ini
- The php.ini file may contain sensitive PHP environment details.
- BEGIN (CERTIFICATE|DSA|RSA) filetype:key
- Private key(s)!
- BEGIN (CERTIFICATE|DSA|RSA) filetype:csr
- Private key(s)!
- BEGIN (CERTIFICATE|DSA|RSA) filetype:crt
- Private key(s)!
- intitle:"Index of" passwd passwd.bak
- passwd file!
- intitle:"Index of" master.passwd
- master.passwd file!
- intitle:"Index of" pwd.db
- pwd.db file may contain password information
- intitle:"Index of..etc" passwd
- passwd file!
- filetype:cfg ks intext:rootpw -sample -test -howto
- This file may contain the root password (encrypted)
- intitle:"index.of.personal"
- Directory may contain sensitive information
- intitle:"Index of" login.jsp
- The login.jsp file may contain database username or password information
- intitle:"Index of" logfile
- Directory may contain sensitive log files
- filetype:php inurl:"viewfile" -"index.php" -"idfil
- File may contain PHP source code
- allinurl:intranet admin
- Page may contain sensitive information
- "supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource"
- mysql error message may reveal sensitive information
- "Error Diagnostic Information" intitle:"Error Occurred While"
- Error message may reveal sensitive information
- HTTP_USER_AGENT=Googlebot
- Page may contain sensitive environment details
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