CAPECattack pattern

CAPEC-401 Physically Hacking Hardware

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Abstraction
Standard
Status
Stable
Likelihood of attack
Low
Typical severity
High
CAPEC version
3.9

Description

An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to gain access to currently installed hardware and precedes to implement changes or secretly replace a hardware component which undermines the system's integrity for the purpose of carrying out an attack.

Related

Child of · CAPEC (1)

  • CAPEC-440 Hardware Integrity Attack attack pattern

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1263 Improper Physical Access Control weakness

Referenced by CAPEC · child of (1)

  • CAPEC-402 Bypassing ATA Password Security attack pattern

Referenced by CWE · attack pattern (1)

  • CWE-1263 Improper Physical Access Control weakness