What is MetaFinder Tool?
MetaFinder is a Python language-based tool used to find or crawl the hosted documents on the target server. MetaFinder searches for documents in a target domain through various search engines like Google, Bing, Baidu. The primary purpose of this tool or the objective of this tool is to extract metadata. MetaFinder is a tool that scours the Internet looking for documents that belong to your target. After finding these documents, the MetaFinder tool downloads them and attempts to extract valuable metadata.
MetaFinder – Search For Documents In A Domain Through Google
Metadata is simple data described as raw values that need to be processed to generate information and deriving knowledge. Metadata is commonly described as ‘data about data’. These data often include various pieces of information that describe the document, including the file name, the file size, the file owner or user name of the person who created the file, and the location or path where the user saved the file. This process occurs automatically without any user input or communication. The capability of an attacker to read this information may present some unique penetrations into the target organization, including user names, computer or server names, network paths, files shares, and other goodies.