dns-pentesting
Warn
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 16, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill is primarily composed of shell commands for performing network reconnaissance, enumeration, and exploitation of DNS services.
- Evidence: Multiple code blocks in
SKILL.mdandreferences/dns-techniques.mdprovide bash commands for tools such asnmap,dig,nslookup,dnsrecon,dnsenum,fierce, andgobuster. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The methodology explicitly includes Phase 6, which focuses on establishing DNS tunnels to bypass network security controls for data leakage or stealthy communication.
- Evidence: Instructions and commands for using
iodine,dnscat2, anddns2tcpare provided in bothSKILL.mdandreferences/dns-techniques.mdto establish IP-over-DNS or command-and-control channels. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill ingests and processes untrusted data from remote DNS servers, creating an attack surface for indirect prompt injection via manipulated DNS records.
- Ingestion points: Command output from
dig,nslookup, andnmapprobes inSKILL.md(Phases 1-5) andreferences/dns-techniques.md. - Boundary markers: None identified; the agent is instructed to analyze raw output directly.
- Capability inventory: The skill utilizes extensive shell execution capabilities across all scripts to interact with network services.
- Sanitization: No sanitization or validation of the remote DNS responses is implemented before the agent interprets the data.
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill references external tools and services for passive information gathering.
- Evidence: Mentions querying well-known services like
crt.sh(Certificate Transparency logs) andbgp.he.net(BGP routing information) for reconnaissance purposes.
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