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Sublist3r – Fast Python Subdomain Enumeration Tool

December 30, 2017

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Sublist3r is a Python-based tool designed to enumerate subdomains of websites using OSINT. It helps penetration testers and bug hunters collect and gather subdomains for the domain they are targeting.

Sublist3r - Fast Python Subdomain Enumeration Tool

It also integrates with subbrute for subdomain brute-forcing with word lists.

Features of Sublist3r Subdomain Enumeration Tool

It enumerates subdomains using many search engines such as:

  • Google
  • Yahoo
  • Bing
  • Baidu
  • Ask

The tool also enumerates subdomains using:

  • Netcraft
  • Virustotal
  • ThreatCrowd
  • DNSdumpster
  • ReverseDNS

Requirements of Sublist3r Subdomain Search

It currently supports Python 2 and Python 3.

– The recommended version for Python 2 is 2.7.x
– The recommended version for Python 3 is 3.4.x

The tool depends on the requests, dnspython, and argparse Python modules.

Usage of Sublist3r Subdomain Brute Force Tool

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./sublist3r.py -h
 
-d --domain Domain name to enumerate subdomains of
-b --bruteforce Enable the subbrute bruteforce module
-p --ports Scan the found subdomains against specific tcp ports
-v --verbose Enable the verbose mode and display results in realtime
-t --threads Number of threads to use for subbrute bruteforce
-e --engines Specify a comma-separated list of search engines
-o --output Save the results to text file
-h -help show the help message and exit

Examples

To list all the basic options and switches use -h switch:

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python sublist3r.py -h

To enumerate subdomains of specific domain:

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python sublist3r.py -d example.com

To enumerate subdomains of specific domain and show only subdomains which have open ports 80 and 443 :

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python sublist3r.py -d example.com -p 80,443

To enumerate subdomains of specific domain and show the results in realtime:

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python sublist3r.py -v -d example.com

To enumerate subdomains and enable the bruteforce module:

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python sublist3r.py -b -d example.com

To enumerate subdomains and use specific engines such Google, Yahoo and Virustotal engines

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python sublist3r.py -e google,yahoo,virustotal -d example.com

It’s also possible to use Sublist3r as a Python module in your own scripts.

Other tools to check out are:

– SubBrute – Subdomain Brute-forcing Tool
– Knock v1.3b – Subdomain Enumeration/Brute-Forcing Tool
– DNSRecon – DNS Enumeration Script
– InstaRecon – Automated Subdomain Discovery Tool

You can download Sublist3r here:

Sublist3r-master.zip

Or read more here.

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