CAPEC-313
Passive OS Fingerprinting
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.
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Prerequisites
The ability to monitor network communications.Access to at least one host, and the privileges to interface with the network interface card.
Resources required
Any tool capable of monitoring network communications, like a packet sniffer (e.g., Wireshark)
Consequences
| Impact | Affects | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Read Data | Confidentiality | |
| Hide Activities | Confidentiality, Access Control, Authorization |
Weaknesses it exploits
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Recent CVEs with these weaknesses
- 4.3CVE-2026-124944
Information disclosure in the Marionette component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 160.
- 4.3CVE-2026-124941
Information disclosure in the Security: RLBox component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 160 and Firefox ESR 153.7.
- 4.3CVE-2026-124930
Information disclosure in the Address Bar component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 160 and Firefox ESR 153.7.
- 4.3CVE-2026-124929
Information disclosure in the Layout: Form Controls component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 160 and Firefox ESR 153.7.
- 4.3CVE-2026-124925
Information disclosure in the Layout component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 160.
- 4.3CVE-2026-124909
Information disclosure in the Private Browsing component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 160 and Firefox ESR 153.7.
- 5.3CVE-2026-96769
The Extend B2B - Companies and Users Management for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4 via the register_company_api. This makes it possible for unaut…
- 7.5CVE-2026-63644
bird-lg-go is a BIRD looking glass in Go. Prior to version 1.4.7, unsanitized input path enables arbitrary local file read, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to read sensitive files such as /etc/shadow and /root/.bash_history. Th…
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