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ICMP Timestamp or Information Request from the Internet

Identifies inbound ICMP Timestamp (type 13) or Information (type 15) requests from external addresses to internal RFC1918 destinations. These message types are rarely used in modern networks and are commonly…

Description

Identifies inbound ICMP Timestamp (type 13) or Information (type 15) requests from external addresses to internal RFC1918 destinations. These message types are rarely used in modern networks and are commonly associated with host and path fingerprinting during reconnaissance.

Detection logic

Its licence does not clear it for publishing here

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Detection requirements

Platform
ESXiLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesPREWindows

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.

Log source category
event_index

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