CAPEC-443 Metadata
Likelihood of Attack
Medium
Typical Severity
High
Overview
Summary
An adversary uses their privileged position within an authorized development organization to inject malicious logic into a codebase or product.
Prerequisites
Access to the product during the initial or continuous development.
Potential Solutions / Mitigations
Assess software and hardware during development and prior to deployment to ensure that it functions as intended and without any malicious functionality. This includes both initial development, as well as updates propagated to the product after deployment.
Related CAPECs
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CAPEC-444 | An adversary modifies a technology, product, or component during its development to acheive a negative impact once the system is deployed. The goal of the adversary is to modify the system in such a way that the negative impact can be leveraged when the system is later deployed. Development alteration attacks may include attacks that insert malicious logic into the system's software, modify or replace hardware components, and other attacks which negatively impact the system during development. These attacks generally require insider access to modify source code or to tamper with hardware components. The product is then delivered to the user where the negative impact can be leveraged at a later time. |
Taxonomy Mappings
Taxonomy: ATTACK
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