Common Weakness Enumeration
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CWE-1263
Improper Physical Access Control
The product is designed with access restricted to certain information, but it does not sufficiently protect against an unauthorized actor with physical access to these areas.
Mitigation
Phase: Architecture and Design
Description:
- Specific protection requirements depend strongly on contextual factors including the level of acceptable risk associated with compromise to the product's protection mechanism. Designers could incorporate anti-tampering measures that protect against or detect when the product has been tampered with.
Mitigation
Phase: Testing
Description:
- The testing phase of the lifecycle should establish a method for determining whether the protection mechanism is sufficient to prevent unauthorized access.
Mitigation
Phase: Manufacturing
Description:
- Ensure that all protection mechanisms are fully activated at the time of manufacturing and distribution.
CAPEC-401: Physically Hacking Hardware
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.