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.
