Intrusion PreventionModem.ATH.Hangup
Description
It indicates a possible exploit of a denial of service vulnerability in various modems.
An attacker can send an AT command to a remote computer that responds to commands, such as ctcp, ping, and icmp, to cause the modem on the responding computer to execute the received commands. This attack can be performed on any computer with a Global Village modem.
Affected Products
Any application Any version
Impact
Denial of service
Recommended Actions
Disable the escape "+++" by setting the S2 register to a value of:
127 for 7-bit modems
256 for 8-bit modems
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 13819 |
| Created | Jan 17, 2007 |
| Updated | Jun 07, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1228 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 1.16% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Other |
| Affected App | Other |