Gobuster Full Tutorial Step by Step

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Gobuster Full Tutorial Step by Step

Gobuster is a popular command-line tool used for directory and file brute-forcing on web servers. It is written in Go programming language and is widely used by penetration testers and security professionals for enumerating directories and files on web servers to discover hidden resources or potential points of vulnerability.

Key features of Gobuster include:

Directory and file brute-forcing: Gobuster sends HTTP requests to the target web server with different directory and file names to discover hidden or unlinked resources.
Customizable wordlists: Users can specify their own wordlists containing directory or file names to be used in the brute-forcing process.
Concurrent requests: Gobuster allows for multiple concurrent requests to speed up the scanning process.
Recursive mode: Gobuster can be set to recursively search directories, enabling it to discover nested directories and files.
Extension brute-forcing: It can be configured to brute-force file extensions, which can help identify potentially vulnerable or interesting files.

How To Install the Gobuster ?

In Linux Distros the gobuster is pre-installed just run it.

[ sudo apt install gobuster ]

Gobuster Provide Various Commands to Brute-Force

Dir = Use for Directory enumeration
Dns = Use for DNS subdomain enumeration mode
Fuzz = Use fuzzing mode. Replace FUZZ in the URL , Headers and the request
Gcs = Use gcs bucket enumeration mode
S3 = Use aws bucket enumeration mode
Tftp = Use TFtp enumeration mode
Vhost = Use Vhost enumeration

We Will see the Dir, DNS and Fuzz commands

DIR

Directory/FILE Enumeration Mode

Gobuster use Some flag

-u , –url = target url
-e , –expanded = expanded mode print full urls
-t ,–threads int =no of concurrent threads
-w , –wordlist = Path to the wordlist.
-r ,–follow–redirect = Follow Redirects

Now We Will Test the gobuster with dir mode.

We Have found the admin Directory int the testphp.vulnhub.com using the Gobuster.

DNS

Dns enumeration mode.

Gobuster use flags for dns.

-d , –domain = The Target Domain
-c , –show-cname = Show CNAME Records
-i , –show-ips = Show IP address
-t , –threads =Number of concurrent threads (default 10)
-v , –verbose = Verbose Output
-w, –wordlist string Path to the wordlist.

Now We Will Scan the craw.in With Gobuster dns mode.

Here We Have Found Few Domains using Gobuster dns mode

FUZZ

“fuzz testing” (or “fuzzing”) is a technique used to discover vulnerabilities in software by providing invalid, unexpected, or random data as input to a computer program

How to fuzz with gobsuster