Our next tool in the line is dirsearch. As the name suggests it is a simple command-line tool that can be used to brute force the directories. It is much faster than the traditional DIRB:
- The command to install is:
git clone https://github.com/maurosoria/dirsearch.git
- Or you can download and save it from https://github.com/maurosoria/dirsearch. The following screenshot shows the preceding command:
- Once the cloning is complete browse to the directory and run the tool by using the following:
./dirsearch.py -u hostname.com -e aspx,php
The following screenshot shows the output for the preceding command:
