Detailed attack pattern
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CAPEC-596: TCP RST Injection
An adversary injects one or more TCP RST packets to a target after the target has made a HTTP GET request. The goal of this attack is to have the target and/or destination web server terminate the TCP connection.
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Typical severity
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Likelihood of attack
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Overview
CAPEC-596 (TCP RST Injection) is a detailed-level attack pattern catalogued by MITRE in the Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC). It describes a recurring method attackers use to exploit software weaknesses.