Directory Traversal Attack

 Directory Traversal Attack Examples

http://www.sample.com/../../../etc/passwd

http://www.sample.com%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2fetc%2fpasswd

http://www.sample.com%2f..%2f..%2f..%2fetc%2fpasswd

http://www.sample.com2f..2f..2f..2fetc2fpasswd

C:\Users\JohnDoe\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office

Some of these examples used percent encoding. 

%2E is a period "."

%2F is a "/."