Mining DNS Data Using The Cloud™ (via Cloudflare)

Probably the cloud everyone is talking about

Probably the cloud everyone is talking about

Enumeration of DNS data is nothing new. Usually this can be accomplished through a combination of Google Dorking, DNS querying, using a tool like SubBrute to bruteforce subdomains, or perhaps DNS globe transfers are enabled. However, Cloudflare, a popular CDN and DDoS mitigation service also has a very large internal database of DNS data waiting to be mined. The best part is, anyone can query this data by just attempting to setup the target domain using Cloudflare.

As an example, we’ll use “disney.com” to demonstrate how we can enumerate the DNS data of a target domain.

Just create a Cloudflare account and add “disney.com” as your site that you wish to set up:

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Wait until they’re done “setting up” the domain…

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and click continue.

Now Cloudflare will return a list of DNS data it’s found to be associated with your site:

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Super easy!

If only there was some sort of tool for collecting this information…

mandatory@mandatorys-box /t/cloudflare_enum> ./cloudflare_enum.py [email protected] Testing1 disney.com

            
                                                     `..--------..`                               
                                                 .-:///::------::///:.`                           
                                              `-//:-.`````````````.-://:.`    `   `               
                                            .://-.```````````````````.-://-`  :  `-   .           
                                          `-//:.........................-://. /. -: `:`  ``       
                                         `://--------:::://////:::--------://-::.::`:- .:.        
                              ``.---..` `///::::::///////////////////:::::::///::::::--:.`.-.     
                            .://::::///::///::///////////////////////////:::///:-----::--:-`  `    
                          `:/:-...--:://////////////////////////////////////////----------.--.`    
                         `:/:..-:://////////////////////////////////////////////-----------.````    
                         .//-::////////////////////////////////////:::::////////-...--------...`    
                         -/////////////////////////////////////////////::::----:. `.-::::::-..``    
                    ``.--:////////////////////////////////////////////////::-..```-///::::///:-`    
                 `.:///::::://////////////////////////////////////:::::::::::::::-----......-:/:.    
               `-//:-----::::://///////////////////////////////:///////////////////:-::::---..-//:`    
              `:/:---://+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++//+++//::--//:    
             `//:-/+oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo+++oooo+//://.    
             :///ossssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssosssssso+//:    
            `//+sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss+/-    
            `//+ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo+++++/.    
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                                                             Cloudflare DNS Enumeration Tool V1.0
                                                                                    By mandatory
        
[ STATUS ] Logging in to Cloudflare...
[ SUCCESS ] Login was successful!
[ STATUS ] Adding domain to Cloudflare...
[ SUCCESS ] Querying Cloudflare DNS archives...
A: disney.com -> 199.181.132.249
A: api.disney.com -> 96.45.49.200
A: app.disney.com -> 208.218.3.17
A: apps.disney.com -> 199.181.132.250
A: archive.disney.com -> 198.105.199.57
A: archives.disney.com -> 199.181.132.250
A: data.disney.com -> 10.190.71.248
A: feeds.disney.com -> 198.105.197.192
A: home.disney.com -> 199.181.132.250
A: huey11.disney.com -> 192.195.66.12
A: huey.disney.com -> 204.128.192.10
A: localhost.disney.com -> 127.0.0.1
A: louie.disney.com -> 204.128.192.30
A: mail2.disney.com -> 204.128.192.16
A: mail.disney.com -> 204.128.192.15
A: m.disney.com -> 199.181.132.250
A: mx1.disney.com -> 192.195.66.26
A: mx1.disney.com -> 204.128.192.17
A: mx2.disney.com -> 192.195.66.28
A: mx2.disney.com -> 204.128.192.36
A: services.disney.com -> 204.202.143.170
A: services.disney.com -> 204.202.143.171
A: webcache.disney.com -> 204.128.192.55
A: webcast.disney.com -> 207.177.177.41
A: www1.disney.com -> 199.181.132.250
A: www2.disney.com -> 199.181.132.250
CNAME: code.disney.com -> matterhorn.disney.com
CNAME: help.disney.com -> help.disney.com.00di0000000dwy9eai.live.siteforce.com
CNAME: matterhorn.disney.com -> matterhorn.edgesuite.net
CNAME: news.disney.com -> louie.disney.com
CNAME: ns1.disney.com -> huey.disney.com
CNAME: ns2.disney.com -> huey11.disney.com
CNAME: ns.disney.com -> huey.disney.com
CNAME: support.disney.com -> matterhorn.disney.com
CNAME: video.disney.com -> matterhorn.disney.com
CNAME: www.disney.com -> disney.com
MX: disney.com -> cluster6a.us.messagelabs.com
MX: disney.com -> cluster6.us.messagelabs.com
SRV: _xmpp-server._tcp.disney.com -> 0	5269	xmpp.disney.com
TXT: disney.com -> MS=ms33999579
TXT: disney.com -> NPDN6e50Sn3r5H6cs+y5zUw+bFbBu9BMeBRo8whYYHJXvU43YAz+BLxj0yVT1KJQhnbrG6ix57LzdcQry6eYyQ==
TXT: disney.com -> v=spf1 mx ip4:204.128.192.17 ip4:204.128.192.36 ip4:204.128.192.43 ip4:192.195.66.26 ip4:192.195.66.28 ip4:192.195.66.36 -all
[ STATUS ] Deleting domain from account for cleanup...
[ STATUS ] Deleted the domain from Cloudflare account
[ STATUS ] Spreadsheet created at /tmp/cloudflare_enum/disney_com.csv
mandatory@mandatorys-box /t/cloudflare_enum>

cloudflare_enum allows quick querying of Cloudflare DNS information (for any sites that are not blacklisted or otherwise). The syntax is simple, you specify your Cloudflare username/password and the domain you wish to get DNS information on. On top of printing out the DNS information it will automatically create a spreadsheet of the data for later use. Easy to use and easy to add to your enumeration tool belt!

Click here for the Github

As a side note, thanks to my coworker for showing me this Cloudflare trick.

Matthew Bryant (mandatory)

Matthew Bryant (mandatory)
Security researcher who needs to sleep more. Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.