DHCP starvation
Spoofed DISCOVERs exhaust the address pool so a rogue server wins
categoryNetwork and infrastructure attacksseverityHighdetectabilityLowlabnot yet measured
Example: Yersinia
Classification
23 values: 12 imported, 1 derived, 10 machine-classified. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Network attacks |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Adjacent |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | Low |
| Maturity | Established |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | AvailabilityIntegrity |
| Platform | LinuxmacOSWindows |
| Environment | On-premises |
| Target asset class | Network device |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | CollectionCredential Access |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | Low |
|---|---|
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Application Log ContentNetwork Traffic ContentNetwork Traffic Flow |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 11
- M1031 attack-mitigation
- M1037 attack-mitigation
D3-APCAd3fendD3-CSPPd3fendD3-NTCDd3fendD3-NTFd3fendD3-NTSAd3fendD3-PHDURAd3fendD3-PMADd3fendD3-RTSDd3fendD3-UGLPAd3fend
Detected by 2
- DET0468 attack-detection-strategy
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Attack relationships
- Parent: AD CS relay (ESC8/ESC11)
- Parent: Adversary-in-the-middle (AitM/MITM)
- Parent: Adversary-in-the-middle phishing kits
- Parent: IPv6 rogue router advertisement
- Parent: MITM on key exchange
- Parent: Passkey / FIDO downgrade
- Parent: Pharming
- Parent: Phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS)
- Parent: SSL stripping
- Parent: STP manipulation
Framework references
- Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1557/
- attack: T1557.003 (primary)
- capec: CAPEC-697
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Network and infrastructure attacks' table, line 193 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (Seeded-record enrichment run 2026-09-30 (crosswalk + facet classification)) — Crosswalk to attack:T1557.003, capec:CAPEC-697 as the nearest framework entries; ids verified to exist in the cached catalogues.
- ev-0003 (CAPEC — Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification 3.9) — CAPEC-697 DHCP Spoofing: CAPEC prerequisites for this pattern
The adversary must have access to a machine within the target LAN which can send DHCP offers to the target.