Standard attack pattern
Stable
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.
High
Typical severity
Per MITRE
Low
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
1
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Standard
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-401 (Physically Hacking Hardware) is a standard-level attack pattern catalogued by MITRE in the Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC). It describes a recurring method attackers use to exploit software weaknesses.