Meta attack pattern
Stable
CAPEC-624: Hardware Fault Injection
Also known as: Side-Channel Attack
The adversary uses disruptive signals or events, or alters the physical environment a device operates in, to cause faulty behavior in electronic devices. This can include electromagnetic pulses, laser pulses, clock glitches, ambient temperature extremes, and more. When performed in a controlled manner on devices performing cryptographic operations, this faulty behavior can be exploited to derive secret key information.
High
Typical severity
Per MITRE
Low
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
8
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Meta
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-624 (Hardware Fault Injection) is a meta-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.