Dns exploit metasploit

1. Can DNS be exploited?
2. What does DNS poisoning do?
3. What are DNS vulnerabilities?
4. What is a listener in Metasploit?

Can DNS be exploited?

A DNS Exploit is a vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS) through which an attacker an infiltrate a network.

What does DNS poisoning do?

DNS poisoning is a hacker technique that manipulates known vulnerabilities within the domain name system (DNS). When it's completed, a hacker can reroute traffic from one site to a fake version. And the contagion can spread due to the way the DNS works.

What are DNS vulnerabilities?

For example, DNS tunneling techniques enable threat actors to compromise network connectivity and gain remote access to a targeted server. Other forms of DNS attacks can enable threat actors to take down servers, steal data, lead users to fraudulent sites, and perform Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

What is a listener in Metasploit?

Listeners are Cobalt Strike's abstraction in front of the Metasploit Framework's payload handlers. A handler is the exploit/multi/handler module. This module sets up a server that waits for a payload on a compromised system to connect to you.