CAPEC-331 ICMP IP Total Length Field Probe
abstraction: detailedstatus: activeAn 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.
likelihood: Mediumseverity: Low
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