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Potential DNS Rebinding from Public to Private Address

Elastic Detection Rules

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Summary
Detects DNS rebinding activity by monitoring DNS responses for the same client and fully qualified domain name (FQDN) that resolve to both public and internal addresses (including RFC1918, loopback, link-local, unique-local IPv6, or shared addresses). The rule flags two patterns: (1) public and private address observations with the same timestamp, or (2) a public answer followed within five minutes by a private answer where the minimum TTL across all private-answer records is 60 seconds or less. This correlation relies on dns.question.name, dns.question.registered_domain, and dns.resolved_ip, along with TTL data from dns.answers, to compute Esql fields such as Esql.client_ip, Esql.public_ip, Esql.private_ip, and timing fields. The result highlights potential DNS rebinding that could pivot trust to internal resources, typically used to reach internal services from a victim client. MITRE ATT&CK mapping emphasizes Initial Access (Drive-by Compromise). The rule is designed to operate with network traffic sources (DNS events) from Elastic Network Traffic and Zeek DNS integrations, enabling cross-sensor correlation while presenting triage data for investigation.
Categories
  • Network
  • Endpoint
Data Sources
  • Network Traffic
ATT&CK Techniques
  • T1189
Created: 2026-08-20