--- type: Article title: J U M P E R Z . N E T - Anti-DNS Pinning ( DNS Rebinding ) + Socket in FLASH description: "Kanatoko shows Flash Player 9's ActionScript 3 Socket class combined with DNS rebinding hands an attacker a raw TCP socket inside the victim's browser: intranet port scanning, shellcode delivery, spam, proxying and defeat of any IP-based authentication. Java applets pin DNS by default, but not under LiveConnect or behind a proxy." resource: "http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=3&b=3" tags: [article, webseclist-reference, jumperz-net, dns-rebinding, flash, sop-bypass, same-origin-policy, dns, auth-bypass, owasp-a01-2021, owasp-a10-2021] generated: by: webseclist-refs/1 at: "2026-08-11T19:37:03+00:00" status: stable stale_after: 2027-08-11 sources: - id: original resource: "http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=3&b=3" title: J U M P E R Z . N E T - Anti-DNS Pinning ( DNS Rebinding ) + Socket in FLASH author: Kanatoko - id: capture resource: "https://web.archive.org/web/20110727110721/http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=3&b=3" also_at: [] authors: - Kanatoko canonical_url: "" cited_by: - "2007.md:65" commit: "" content_sha256: 48e0c36f30c694ee3719d0f28dc8d9e926358b015566e13b10c76eb5fd321e42 depth: full depth_reason: default kind: article language: "" licence: unknown original_url: "http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=3&b=3" published: "" publisher: jumperz.net publisher_english: "" raw_sha256: ecc08d98f3eade5acab4d4250a57c94217d01a88e5829efd3a403a4f806a7936 retrieved_from: "http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=3&b=3" retrieved_kind: stored retrieved_utc: "2026-08-11T19:37:03+00:00" slug: jumperz-net-j-u-m-p-e-r-z-n-e-t-anti-dns-pinning-dns-rebinding-socket-flash snapshot: 20110727110721 title_english: "" translation_file: "" translation_of: "" --- # J U M P E R Z . 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Not only JavaScript, but also FLASH and Java Applet are affected. FLASH has the [Socket class](http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/as3preview/langref/flash/net/Socket.html) in the new version of FLASH Player ( version 9.0 or higher, ActionScript 3.0 ). --Quoted from the documentation-- * The Socket class enables ActionScript code to make socket connections and to read and write raw binary data. The Socket class is useful for working with servers that use binary protocols. * ---- This is a really great function for the attackers. With DNS Rebinding + Socket, the attackers can... - Scan any IP addresses and any ports in intranets ( and the Internet ). - Make the users browser send shellcodes to any hosts. - Make the users browser send spam emails. - Use the users browser as a proxy ( stepping stone ). - Break any IP address based authentication. - Exploit protocols other than HTTP. ... and maybe more. **You can see the [DEMO](http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=1&b=8). **Java Applet** ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/black.gif) Java Applet is relatively secure because the Java VM "pins" DNS by default. Sun's engineers know DNS Spoofing attack. [InetAddress Javadoc](http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/net/InetAddress.html) --Quoted from the documentation-- * The positive caching is there to guard against DNS spoofing attacks ... networkaddress.cache.ttl (default: -1) A value of -1 indicates "cache forever". * ---- But in some situations( [LiveConnect](http://shampoo.antville.org/stories/1566124/) or Using browser with proxy enabled ), Java Applet is vulnerable to the Anti-DNS Pinning attack as well. **Who is wrong?** ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/black.gif) IMHO, this is a vulnerability of DNS protocol itself. But I think that if the browser raises an alert box when IP address of the host has changed ( Especially, from a grobal IP address to a private IP address ), that will be some help. **Countermeasures** ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/black.gif) - Disable FLASH Player ( and Java VM ) on the browser. - Restrict browser access to only port 80 and 443 using a personal firewall. - Do not use IP address based authentication. Set passwords. - Patch your FLASH binary file ( Flash9.ocx or NPSWF32.dll ). Replace all "Socket" to "S0cket" using hex editor. **Links** ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/black.gif) [SLA.CKERS](http://sla.ckers.org/forum/read.php?6,4511) [Online Demonstration ( FLASH )](http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=1&b=8) [Online Demonstration ( JavaScript )](http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=1&b=7) [(somewhat) breaking the same-origin policy by undermining dns-pinning(It's a shampoo world anyway)](http://shampoo.antville.org/stories/1451301/) [ActionScript 3.0 Language Reference](http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/as3preview/langref/flash/net/Socket.html) [java.net Class InetAddress](http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/net/InetAddress.html) [Anti DNS-pinning revisited(It's a shampoo world anyway)](http://shampoo.antville.org/stories/1548035/) [ha.ckers.org](http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070112/anti-dns-pinning-in-flash-and-maybe-java/) [pilorz](http://lukasz.pilorz.net/index.php/2007/01/13/anti-dns-pinning-flash/) [ferruh.mavituna](http://ferruh.mavituna.com/article/?1458) [alt.mylife](http://altmylife.blogspot.com/2007/01/les-chaussettes-de-flash9.html) | | | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/spacer.gif) ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/spacer.gif) | | ** >> [Tools](http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=1&a=0): ** | | | [ Doorman Eclipse Plugin ](http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=0&b=7) | | | [ Amberjack@JUMPERZ.NET ](http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=0&b=5) | | | [ Guardian@JUMPERZ.NET ](http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=0&b=3) | | | | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/spacer.gif) ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/spacer.gif) | | ** >> Latest files: ** | | | [ Doorman Eclipse Plugin ](http://www.jumperz.net/index.php?i=2&a=0&b=7) | | | | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/spacer.gif) | | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/boy2.jpg) | | | | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/spacer.gif) | | ** >> Contact: ** | | | Kanatoko [ anvil at jumperz.net ](mailto:anvil_at_jumperz.net) | | | | | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/spacer.gif) | | | | | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/spacer.gif) | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/shadow_ru.gif) | | | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/shadow_ll.gif) | ![](http://www.jumperz.net/images/shadow_rl.gif) | | | ** Copyright© 1998-2009 JUMPERZ.NET All Rights Reserved. ** | | | |