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Capec-401 Detail

Physically Hacking Hardware

Standard Supply Chain Physical Security Hardware Likelihood: Low Typical Severity: High

Parents: 440

Children: 402

Threats: T62 T68 T78

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.

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External ID Source Link Description
CAPEC-401 capec https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html
CWE-1263 cwe http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1263.html

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  1. A malicious subcontractor or subcontractor's employee that is responsible for system maintenance secretly replaces a hard drive with one containing malicious code that will allow for backdoor access once deployed.