CAPEC Definitions

    CAPEC Definitions / CAPEC-535

    CAPEC-535: Malicious Gray Market Hardware

    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.

    Severity:High
    Possibility:Low

    Extended Description

    No Extended Description.

    Mitigations

    Purchase only from authorized resellers.

    Validate serial numbers from multiple sources

    Relationships with other CAPECs

    CAPEC-531: Hardware Component Substitution

    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.

    Related Weaknesses

    No related Weaknesses found.