LAND attack
TCP SYN with source and destination set to the victim's own address loops the host
categoryNetwork and infrastructure attacksseverityMediumdetectabilityHighlabnot yet measured
Classification
25 values: 13 imported, 1 derived, 11 machine-classified. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Network attacks |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Low |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | Low |
| Maturity | Legacy / declining |
Impact & scope
| Severity | Medium |
|---|---|
| Impact | Availability |
| Platform | ContainersIaaSLinuxmacOSWindows |
| Environment | On-premises |
| Target asset class | Endpoint |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Impact |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | High |
|---|---|
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Application Log ContentHost StatusInstance StartNetwork Traffic FlowProcess Creation |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 12
- M1037 attack-mitigation
D3-APCAd3fendD3-CSPPd3fendD3-ISVAd3fendD3-ITFd3fendD3-NTCDd3fendD3-NTFd3fendD3-NTSAd3fendD3-PHDURAd3fendD3-PMADd3fendD3-RTSDd3fendD3-UGLPAd3fend
Detected by 8
- DET0208 attack-detection-strategy
1da8ce0b-855d-4004-8860-7d64d42063b1sigma3f2c93c7-7b2a-4d58-bb8d-6f39422d8148sigma48d91a3a-2363-43ba-a456-ca71ac3da5c2sigma59ec40bb-322e-40ab-808d-84fa690d7e56sigmaea61bb82-a5e0-42e6-8537-91d29500f1b9sigmaf14719ce-d3ab-4e25-9ce6-2899092260b0sigmaf8a66a02-4a16-46e5-b7fd-a42c8a93d137sigma
Attack relationships
- Child: Application-layer (L7) DDoS
- Child: HTTP flood
- Child: NXDOMAIN / random-subdomain flood
- Child: Ping of Death
- Child: Protocol / state-exhaustion DDoS
- Child: QUIC flood
- Child: R.U.D.Y. (slow POST)
- Child: Slow Read
- Child: Slowloris
- Child: SYN flood
- Child: Teardrop
- Child: WinNuke / nuke
Framework references
- Primary source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
- attack: T1499 (primary)
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Network and infrastructure attacks' table, line 136 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (Seeded-record enrichment run 2026-09-30 (crosswalk + facet classification)) — Crosswalk to attack:T1499 as the nearest framework entries; ids verified to exist in the cached catalogues.
- ev-0003 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 3 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)