SSCP Network and Communications Security Practice Question
During a security assessment, a penetration tester successfully performs a DHCP starvation attack followed by a DHCP spoofing attack. Which TWO outcomes are the most likely consequences of this combined attack?
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Clients' default gateway and DNS servers are set to attacker-controlled addresses
DHCP starvation exhausts the IP pool, forcing clients to accept offers from a rogue DHCP server. The rogue server provides malicious gateway and DNS, enabling traffic interception and redirection.
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Clients' default gateway and DNS servers are set to attacker-controlled addresses
Why this is correct
The rogue DHCP server can provide malicious gateway and DNS, allowing traffic interception.
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Clients receive IP addresses from a rogue DHCP server
Why this is correct
After starvation, the rogue server can assign IPs and other parameters.
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The attacker can perform ARP spoofing on the network
Why it's wrong here
ARP spoofing is a separate attack; DHCP spoofing does not directly enable ARP spoofing.
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The attacker gains administrative access to domain controllers
Why it's wrong here
DHCP attacks do not directly provide domain admin access.
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All network traffic is encrypted using TLS
Why it's wrong here
DHCP attacks do not force encryption; they enable MitM attacks.
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