CAPEC-295 Timestamp Request

abstraction: detailedstatus: active

This pattern of attack leverages standard requests to learn the exact time associated with a target system. An adversary may be able to use the timestamp returned from the target to attack time-based security algorithms, such as random number generators, or time-based authentication mechanisms.

severity: Low
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