Lulzbuster is a very fast and smart web directory and file enumeration tool written in C.
Usage
$ lulzbuster -H
Usage
lulzbuster -s [opts] |
Target Options
-s – start url to begin scan with
Http Options
-h – http request type (default: GET) – ? to list types
-x – exclude http status codes (default: 400,404,500,501,502,503
multi codes separated by ‘,’)
-f – follow http redirects. hint: better try appending a ‘/’
with ‘-A’ option first instead of using ‘-f’
-F – num level to follow http redirects (default: 0)
-u – user-agent string (default: built-in windows firefox)
-U – use random built-in user-agents
-c – pass custom header(s) (e.g. ‘Cookie: foo=bar; lol=lulz’)
-a – http auth credentials (format: 🙂
-r – turn on auto update referrer
-j – define http version (default: curl’s default) – ? to list
Timeout Options
-D – num seconds for delay between requests (default: 0)
-C – num seconds for connect timeout (default: 10)
-R – num seconds for request timeout (default: 30)
-T – num seconds to give up and exit lulzbuster completely
(default: none)
Tuning Options
-t – num threads for concurrent scanning (default: 30)
-g – num connection cache size for curl (default: 30)
note: this value should always equal to -t’s value
Other Options
-w – wordlist file
(default: /usr/local/share/lulzbuster/lists/medium.txt)
-A – append any words separated by comma (e.g. ‘/,.php,~bak)
-p – proxy address (format: ://:) – ? to
list supported schemes
-P – proxy auth credentials (format: 🙂
-i – insecure mode (skips ssl/tls cert verification)
-S – smart mode aka eliminate false-positives, more infos,
etc. (use this if speed is not your 1st priority!)
-n – nameservers (default: ‘1.1.1.1,8.8.8.8,208.67.222.222’
multi separated by ‘.’)
-l – log found paths and valid urls to file
Misc
-X – print built-in user-agents
-V – print version of lulzbuster and exit
-H – print this help and exit
Also Read – pwndrop : Self-Deployable File Hosting Service
Notes
Disclaimer
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Credit: noptrix
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