NDLI: Off-Path TCP Injection Attacks

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Herzberg, Amir Gilad, Yossi
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	We present practical off-path TCP injection attacks for connections between current, nonbuggy browsers and Web servers. The attacks allow Web-cache poisoning with malicious objects such as spoofed Web pages and scripts; these objects can be cached for a long period of time, exposing any user of that cache to cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery, and $\textit{phishing}$ attacks. In contrast to previous TCP injection attacks, we do not require MitM capabilities or malware running on the client machine. Instead, our attacks rely on a weaker assumption, that the user only enters a malicious Web site, but does not download or install any application. Our attacks exploit subtle details of the TCP and HTTP specifications, and features of legitimate (and very common) browser implementations. An empirical evaluation of our techniques with current versions of browsers shows that connections with most popular Web sites are vulnerable. We conclude this work with practical client- and server-end defenses against our attacks.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	32
Page Count	32
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10949224
e-ISSN	15577406
DOI	10.1145/2597173
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	4
Journal	ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC)
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2014-04-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Web and network security Browser security
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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