What is downloaded when the following command is executed? $ bucket_finder.rb words --download

The bucket names in the wordlist are the input used for enumeration testing, not the download output; the tool tests names from the list rather than downloading the wordlist itself.

bucket_finder.rb does not retrieve IAM permission configurations or ACL settings for identified buckets; it focuses on determining public accessibility rather than auditing permission structures.

The actual objects and files stored inside S3 buckets are not what the --download flag retrieves; the tool identifies and records which buckets are accessible rather than pulling the contents stored within them.

bucket_finder.rb uses a wordlist to generate and test potential S3 bucket names against AWS, identifying which are publicly accessible. The --download flag causes the tool to download and persist the list of publicly accessible S3 buckets found during the scan, saving the enumeration results locally for further analysis rather than only printing them to stdout.