GCIA · Question #121
In which of the following IDS evasion attacks does an attacker send a data packet such that IDS accepts the data packet but the host computer rejects it?
The correct answer is D. Insertion attack. An insertion attack causes the IDS to accept a packet that the destination host ultimately rejects, confusing the IDS about the true data stream.
Question
In which of the following IDS evasion attacks does an attacker send a data packet such that IDS accepts the data packet but the host computer rejects it?
Options
- AFragmentation overlap attack
- BEvasion attack
- CFragmentation overwrite attack
- DInsertion attack
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A9% (3)
- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D85% (28)
Why each option
An insertion attack causes the IDS to accept a packet that the destination host ultimately rejects, confusing the IDS about the true data stream.
A fragmentation overlap attack exploits ambiguity when two IP fragments cover overlapping byte ranges, causing the IDS and host to reassemble conflicting content, but does not specifically describe the IDS accepting a packet the host rejects.
An evasion attack is the inverse scenario - the host accepts the packet but the IDS drops or ignores it, hiding the traffic from the IDS rather than inserting false data into it.
A fragmentation overwrite attack is a variant where a later fragment completely overwrites earlier fragment data during reassembly, but again does not specifically describe the IDS-accepts/host-rejects asymmetry.
In an insertion attack, the attacker crafts a packet that the IDS reassembles into its stream model but which the target host discards - for example due to an invalid TTL or checksum that the host enforces but the IDS does not. This causes the IDS to track a different byte stream than the host actually processes, allowing malicious payloads to be hidden within the gap between the two interpretations.
Concept tested: IDS insertion vs evasion attack mechanics
Source: https://www.eccouncil.org/train-certify/certified-ethical-hacker-ceh/
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