CAPEC-443: Malicious Logic Inserted Into Product by Authorized Developer
Description
An adversary uses their privileged position within an authorized development organization to inject malicious logic into a codebase or product.
- Likelihood of attack
- Medium
- Typical severity
- High
- Abstraction
- DetailedA low-level, detailed pattern, often for a particular technology.
Mechanism of attack: Manipulate System Resources
Prerequisites
- Access to the product during the initial or continuous development.
Consequences
- Authorization
Execute Unauthorized Commands
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 weaknesses (CWE)
CAPEC 3.9 links no CWE weakness to this pattern.
ATT&CK techniques (CAPEC taxonomy mapping)
Across MITRE's defensive frameworks
Linked through the 1 ATT&CK technique above.
Counter with D3FEND
Defensive techniques MITRE D3FEND maps to the same ATT&CK techniques.