Standard attack pattern
Draft
CAPEC-522: Malicious Hardware Component Replacement
An adversary replaces legitimate hardware in the system with faulty counterfeit or tampered hardware in the supply chain distribution channel, with purpose of causing malicious disruption or allowing for additional compromise when the system is deployed.
High
Typical severity
Per MITRE
Low
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
0
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Standard
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-522 (Malicious Hardware Component Replacement) 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.