CAPEC-313 — Passive OS Fingerprinting
CAPEC-313: Passive OS Fingerprinting
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Stable |
| Typical severity | Low |
| Likelihood of attack | High |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An adversary engages in activity to detect the version or type of OS software in a an environment by passively monitoring communication between devices, nodes, or applications. Passive techniques for operating system detection send no actual probes to a target, but monitor network or client-server communication between nodes in order to identify operating systems based on observed behavior as compared to a database of known signatures or values. While passive OS fingerprinting is not usually as reliable as active methods, it is generally better able to evade detection.
Where this sits in the chain
A finding maps to a weakness (CWE), a weakness is exploited by an attack pattern (CAPEC), and an attack pattern shows up in ATT&CK as observed adversary behaviour. This page is the middle hop.
Weaknesses exploited: CWE-200
ATT&CK techniques: T1082
Prerequisites
- The ability to monitor network communications.Access to at least one host, and the privileges to interface with the network interface card.
Consequences
- Confidentiality: Read Data
- Confidentiality, Access Control, Authorization: Hide Activities