DNS Rebinding
Variants:
Direct
Also Known As:
Anti-DNS Pinning
Vector Type:
Attack
Relevance:
Technology Specific
Layer:
Web-Infrastructure-Level
Platforms:
Any
Target Type:
Web Application
Affected Mechanisms:
Hardening
Invented In:
28/04/2007
Added In:
16/12/2014
Vector Operation Method:
Malicious web pages can bypass SOP restrictions and cause browsers to attack other locations in the network by affecting the IP addresses associated with cached DNS records in the browser, flash, activeX, applet or silverlight extensions.