An attacker can make use of this vulnerability to step out of the root directory and access other parts of the file system.
This might give the attacker the ability to view restricted files, which could provide the attacker with more information required to further compromise the system.
https://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/directory-traversal/
Severity: critical
Fingerprint: ac4d53c4832b2491752255c435b0f8ec35b0f8ecffbe9af621e37827385f2a07
Found host file trough Apache traversal: 127.0.0.1 localhost # the following lines are desirable for ipv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
Severity: critical
Fingerprint: ac4d53c4832b2491c591c07dcc7199b7cc7199b7dcbe1c09a5af5ae82c64d216
Found host file trough Directory traversal: 127.0.0.1 localhost # the following lines are desirable for ipv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts