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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10302
Category:Web application abuses
Title:robot(s).txt exists on the Web Server
Summary:Web Servers can use a file called /robot(s).txt to ask search engines; to ignore certain files and directories. By nature this file can not be used to protect private files; from public read access.
Description:Summary:
Web Servers can use a file called /robot(s).txt to ask search engines
to ignore certain files and directories. By nature this file can not be used to protect private files
from public read access.

Vulnerability Insight:
Any serious web search engine will honor the /robot(s).txt file
and not scan the files and directories listed there.

Any entries listed in this file are not even hidden anymore.

Solution:
Review the content of the /robot(s).txt file and consider removing the
files from the server or protect them in other ways in case you actually intended non-public availability.

CVSS Score:
0.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N

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