Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1263

Allowed-with-Review

Improper Physical Access Control

Abstraction: Class · Status: Incomplete

The product is designed with access restricted to certain information, but it does not sufficiently protect against an unauthorized actor with physical access to these areas.

22 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-WHP2-GJJF-PVGR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-06 19:24 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:34
VLAI
Details

An attacker with physical access to the affected Moxa UC Series devices can initiate a restart of the device and gain access to its BIOS. Command line options can then be altered, allowing the attacker to access the terminal. From the terminal, the attacker can modify the device’s authentication files to create a new user and gain full access to the system.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-1257"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1263"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-03-07T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An attacker with physical access to the affected Moxa UC Series devices can initiate a restart of the device and gain access to its BIOS. Command line options can then be altered, allowing the attacker to access the terminal. From the terminal, the attacker can modify the device\u2019s authentication files to create a new user and gain full access to the system.",
  "id": "GHSA-whp2-gjjf-pvgr",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T05:34:03Z",
  "published": "2023-07-06T19:24:11Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1257"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-333-04"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-XX59-963P-2V9W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-15 00:31 – Updated: 2024-11-15 00:31
VLAI
Details

The debug port on the ventilator's serial interface is enabled by default. This could allow an attacker to send and receive messages over the debug port (which are unencrypted; see 3.2.1) that result in unauthorized disclosure of information and/or have unintended impacts on device settings and performance.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-48973"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1263"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-11-14T22:15:18Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "The debug port on the ventilator\u0027s serial interface is enabled by default. This could allow an attacker to send and receive messages over the debug port (which are unencrypted; see 3.2.1) that result in unauthorized disclosure of information and/or have unintended impacts on device settings and performance.",
  "id": "GHSA-xx59-963p-2v9w",
  "modified": "2024-11-15T00:31:51Z",
  "published": "2024-11-15T00:31:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48973"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-24-319-01"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Specific protection requirements depend strongly on contextual factors including the level of acceptable risk associated with compromise to the product's protection mechanism. Designers could incorporate anti-tampering measures that protect against or detect when the product has been tampered with.

Mitigation
Testing

The testing phase of the lifecycle should establish a method for determining whether the protection mechanism is sufficient to prevent unauthorized access.

Mitigation
Manufacturing

Ensure that all protection mechanisms are fully activated at the time of manufacturing and distribution.

CAPEC-401: Physically Hacking Hardware

An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to gain access to currently installed hardware and precedes to implement changes or secretly replace a hardware component which undermines the system's integrity for the purpose of carrying out an attack.