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Cache Poisoning

nounid 1748·updated May 9, 2026
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Malicious or misleading data from a remote name server is saved [cached] by another name server. Typically used with DNS cache poisoning attacks.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Cache Poisonings
possessive
Cache Poisoning's
pluralpossessive
Cache Poisonings'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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Malicious or misleading data from a remote name server is saved [cached] by another name server. Typically used with DNS cache poisoning attacks.

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