CAPEC-590 — IP Address Blocking
CAPEC-590: IP Address Blocking
MITRE CAPEC attack pattern
| Status | Draft |
| Typical severity | High |
| Likelihood of attack | Low |
| Catalogue | CAPEC 3.9 (2023-01-24) |
Description
An adversary performing this type of attack drops packets destined for a target IP address. The aim is to prevent access to the service hosted at the target IP address.
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-300
Prerequisites
- This attack requires the ability to conduct deep packet inspection with an In-Path device that can drop the targeted traffic and/or connection.
Consequences
- Availability: Other
Mitigations
- Have a large pool of backup IPs built into the application and support proxy capability in the application.