Remember LDAPi
Full name: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Injection
Memory aid: LDAP input Invades the filter structure.
Escape or parameterize using the directory API's rules for the specific context.
Study area: Threats & application security · Batch 8
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · CompTIA CySA+ · CompTIA PenTest+
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LDAPi — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Injection
Changes directory queries through unsafe handling of untrusted input.
Why learn LDAPi — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Injection?
Changes directory queries through unsafe handling of untrusted input.
Where it came from
Escape or parameterize using the directory API's rules for the specific context.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): LDAP input Invades the filter structure.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand LDAPi: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Injection.
- Recall this memory aid: LDAP input Invades the filter structure.
- Explain the practical use: Changes directory queries through unsafe handling of untrusted input.
- Explain this distinction: Escape or parameterize using the directory API's rules for the specific context.
- Identify LDAPi in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- OWASP application security cheat sheets (cheatsheetseries.owasp.org)