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DNS Servfail Host Finder

ID: servfail-refused-hosts

Severity: info

Author: pdteam

Tags: dns,takeover

Description

Section titled “Description”

A DNS ServFail error occurred. ServFail errors occur when there is an error communicating with a DNS server. This could have a number of causes, including an error on the DNS server itself, or a temporary networking issue.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: servfail-refused-hosts


info:
  name: DNS Servfail Host Finder
  author: pdteam
  severity: info
  description: A DNS ServFail error occurred. ServFail errors occur when there is an error communicating with a DNS server. This could have a number of causes, including an error on the DNS server itself, or a temporary networking issue.
  classification:
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: dns,takeover


dns:
  - name: "{{FQDN}}"
    type: A
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "SERVFAIL"
          - "REFUSED"
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100b62ae4f3d3e706afbf6e4f9cd6fdf072d54837143cbd27fad0b03e2f60dae034022100beb4b84acd257a0c89741f1bb565d37006ea7209c9d06f27fe5243a16ffa72ff:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "dns/servfail-refused-hosts.yaml"

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