GEN:SID | 1:474 |
Message | ICMP superscan echo |
Summary | This event is generated when an ICMP Echo Request from the Windows based scanner SuperScan is detected.
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Impact | Information gathering.
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Detailed Information | SuperScan is a freely available Windows based scanner from Foundstone. The scanners default behavior is to send an ICMP Echo Request before starting the scan. This ICMP packet has a special payload of eight (8) bytes, consisting of the number zero (0).
This scanner is fairly popular among Windows users.
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Affected Systems | All |
Attack Scenarios | SuperScan may be used as an information gathering tool to detect active hosts on a network by sending icmp echo requests.
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Ease of Attack | Simple. SuperScan is widely available.
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Additional References | Foundstone http://www.foundstone.com/
McAfee: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_103727.htm
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