Glossary: Application and Credential Attacks, and AI Risks

../ (dot-dot-slash)

Also written: ..\, %2e%2e%2f, ..%2f, dot-dot-slash

In a file path, ".." means the folder above the current one, so each "../" climbs up one level. Attackers chain several of them to climb out of the web root, for example to reach /etc/passwd.