Exam SY0-501 topic 1 question 144 discussion

This is most likely a MAC spoofing attack to prevent this you should use a managed switches and configure snmp on the switches so you can poll/monitor them remotely. Weak switches can be intercepted by an attacker via a MITM.

Not A. A race condition attack happens when a computing system that's designed to handle tasks in a specific sequence is forced to perform two or more operations simultaneously. This technique takes advantage of a time gap between the moment a service is initiated and the moment a security control takes effect. The question doesn't say that two or more requests were submitted simultaneously.

NOT RACE CONDITION...these race conditions occur in application injection attacks!! This is a dam ARP poison or spoof attack executing MITM

D is correct. Can't be race condition because no two operations are being performed at the same time

Possibly broadcasting/ARP request. The workstation doesn't have an ARP entry in the table yet. So no entry for that "system". Switches handle MAC addresses resolution to IP addresses. Without Port Security or 802.1x there isn't any authentication or validation.

"network request to locate another system" ARP request Layer 2

When two or more modules of an application, or two or more applications, attempt to access a resource at the same time, it can cause a conflict known as a race condition (Darril Gibson’s Get Certified Get Ahead p. 516-517). Here, a workstation puts out a network request to locate another system and waits response from that system. However, a hacker on the network responds before the real system does, most probably because of a weak switch configuration.

This is a link about race conditions and shows how this is NOT a Race Condition. The switch is just going too slowly, hence the answer would be D. https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/race-condition#:~:text=A%20race%20condition%20is%20an,sequence%20to%20be%20done%20correctly.

This is a classic man in the middle attack performed by using spoofing tactics which cause info to be sent to him so that he can copy it and then he can fwd it on

D, weak switch

A race condition exists when changes to the order of two or more events can cause a change in behavior. If the correct order of execution is required for the proper functioning of the program, this is a bug. If an attacker can take advantage of the situation to insert malicious code, change a filename, or otherwise interfere with the normal operation of the program, the race condition is a security vulnerability. Attackers can sometimes take advantage of small time gaps in the processing of code to interfere with the sequence of operations, which they then exploit.(https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Security/Conceptual/SecureCodingGuide/Articles/RaceConditions.html). Based on that definition, I think that probably the question is looking for an answer related to a MAC spoofing attack since the attacker's goal is to trick the workstation into revealing information that might help him/her to pivot or escalate the attack.

a race condition is a coding issue not network issue

it could put out an arp request to find sth. however,a workstation cannot locate a host.a switch can do.so this is not a good question.

A. The attacker has taken advantage of a race condition by responding to the system before the other remote system. The attacker is using the mac address of the other system to perform a mitm attack.

MAC spoofing is the same thing as causing a race condition, having two of the same MACs on the network at the same time.

D: The attacker is ON the network, i.e., he is able to spoof a MAC address, etc.

Ans A: What Happens During a Race Condition Attack? Web applications, file systems, and networking environments are all vulnerable to a race condition attack. Attackers might target an access control list (ACL), a payroll or human resources database, a transactional system, a financial ledger, or some other data repository. Although race condition attacks don’t happen frequently — because they’re relatively difficult to engineer and attackers must exploit a very brief window of opportunity — when they do happen, they can lead to serious repercussions, including a system granting unauthorized privileges. What’s more, race condition attacks are inherently difficult to detect.