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PractitionerSubdomain takeover

The pages site that was never published

25 points · about 45 minutes · flag format DC{...}
Recon & Exposure

Brief

A subdomain takeover happens when a DNS record still points at a service the organisation no longer owns — a deprovisioned bucket, a cancelled app, a removed CDN configuration. Whoever registers that service next controls a hostname the organisation still vouches for.

This lab: The pages site that was never published. Claim a dangling DNS record that points at an unclaimed host.

Work it against your own copy of the target. When you have the flag, submit it below.

Objective

Find a subdomain whose DNS points at an unclaimed service, identify the platform, and demonstrate that you could serve content from it. Capture the flag confirming the takeover.

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Walkthrough

Locked until you solve it — or reveal it above, which forfeits the points. 3 hints available before then.