Potential Discovery Activity Via Dnscmd.EXE
Detects an attempt to leverage dnscmd.exe to enumerate the DNS zones of a domain. DNS zones used to host the DNS records for a particular domain.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate administration use
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-zones-records | Only this detection cites it |
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/dnscmd | 2from 2 sources |
| lolbas-project.github.io/lolbas/Binaries/Dnscmd/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- b6457d63-d2a2-4e29-859d-4e7affc153d1
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.discoveryattack.execution
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1