CAPEC-331: ICMP IP Total Length Field Probe

An adversary sends a UDP packet to a closed port on the target machine to solicit an IP Header's total length field value within the echoed 'Port Unreachable" error message. This type of behavior is useful for building a signature-base of operating system responses, particularly when error messages contain other types of information that is useful identifying specific operating system responses.

Severity
Low
Likelihood
Medium
1
/ 100
low-risk
Active Threat 1/50 · Minimal
Exploit Availability 0/50 · Minimal