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0007761Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2022-06-17 11:002025-07-14 09:17
Reporterh49nakxs Assigned Tosbrun  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version2022.2 
Fixed in Version2022.4 
Summary0007761: dnsrecon -D (dictionary) cannot be used with relative path
Description

If we try to bruteforce subdomains with dnsrecon using a dictionary file we can only use an absolute path. This is because the command "dnsrecon" is pointing to a shell script in /usr/bin/dnsrecon that contains :

#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/share/dnsrecon/ && ./dnsrecon.py "$@"

Thus, If we use a relative path, it fails with the error :
[-] No valid dictionary files have been specified or found withing the tool

I don't know however if it has to be considered a bug or if this is an intended behavior to be able to use the dictionary files already present in /usr/share/dnsrecon.

dnsrecon -V :
DNSRecon version 1.1.0

uname -a :
Linux host 5.17.0-kali3-amd64 0000001 SMP PREEMPT Debian 5.17.11-1kali1 (2022-05-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Steps To Reproduce

cp /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/DNS/subdomains-top1million-20000.txt .

dnsrecon -D ./subdomains-top1million-20000.txt -d test.local -n 127.0.0.1 -t brt

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daniruiz

daniruiz

2022-06-17 11:23

manager   ~0016303

I can confirm this issue. The package comes directly from Debian though, so the bug needs to be filled to their package.

I've tested replacing the helper script with a symlink to /usr/share/dnsrecon/dnsrecon.py (sudo ln -sf /usr/share/dnsrecon/dnsrecon.py /usr/bin/dnsrecon, to avoid the cd) and seems that's enough and doesn't break dnsrecon

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L1ghtn1ng

L1ghtn1ng

2022-10-08 16:39

reporter   ~0016943

I have emailed the package maintainers for it in debain so hopefully will be resolved soon.

Jay (DNSrecon core dev/maintainer)
sbrun

sbrun

2022-10-11 06:43

manager   ~0016954

I imported the fixed package (version 1.1.3-2) in kali-dev. It will be available in kali-rolling in a few hours.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2022-06-17 11:00 h49nakxs New Issue
2022-06-17 11:05 daniruiz Status new => confirmed
2022-06-17 11:23 daniruiz File Added: image.png
2022-06-17 11:23 daniruiz Note Added: 0016303
2022-10-08 16:39 L1ghtn1ng Note Added: 0016943
2022-10-11 06:42 sbrun Assigned To => sbrun
2022-10-11 06:42 sbrun Status confirmed => assigned
2022-10-11 06:43 sbrun Note Added: 0016954
2022-10-11 07:06 sbrun Status assigned => resolved
2022-10-11 07:06 sbrun Resolution open => fixed
2022-10-11 07:06 sbrun Fixed in Version => 2022.4
2025-07-14 09:17 g0tmi1k Priority low => normal