CAPECattack pattern
CAPEC-595 Connection Reset
- Abstraction
- Standard
- Status
- Draft
- CAPEC version
- 3.9
Description
In this attack pattern, an adversary injects a connection reset packet to one or both ends of a target's connection. The attacker is therefore able to have the target and/or the destination server sever the connection without having to directly filter the traffic between them.
Prerequisites
• This attack requires the ability to monitor the target's network connection.
Related
Child of · CAPEC (1)
- CAPEC-594 Traffic Injection attack pattern
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-940 Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel weakness
Referenced by CAPEC · child of (1)
- CAPEC-596 TCP RST Injection attack pattern
Referenced by CWE · attack pattern (1)
- CWE-940 Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel weakness