CAPEC-535

Detailed Abstraction Level
Meta — Very abstract, high-level category
Standard — Specific enough to understand
Detailed — Tied to specific technique Draft MITRE CAPEC Status
Stable — Fully reviewed and complete
Draft — Under development
Incomplete — Partially defined
Deprecated — No longer recommended
Obsolete — Replaced by another CAPEC Likelihood: Low Severity: High
Malicious Gray Market Hardware

Description

An attacker maliciously alters hardware components that will be sold on the gray market, allowing for victim disruption and compromise when the victim needs replacement hardware components for systems where the parts are no longer in regular supply from original suppliers, or where the hardware components from the attacker seems to be a great benefit from a cost perspective.

Prerequisites

Physical access to a gray market reseller's hardware components supply, or the ability to appear as a gray market reseller to the victim's buyer.

Mitigations

Purchase only from authorized resellers.

Validate serial numbers from multiple sources

Skills Required

[High] Able to develop and manufacture malicious hardware components that perform the same functions and processes as their non-malicious counterparts.