CWE-1300: Improper Protection of Physical Side Channels

ID CWE-1300
Abstraction Base
Structure Simple
Status Stable
Number of CVEs 1
The device does not contain sufficient protection mechanisms to prevent physical side channels from exposing sensitive information due to patterns in physically observable phenomena such as variations in power consumption, electromagnetic emissions (EME), or acoustic emissions.

An adversary could monitor and measure physical phenomena to detect patterns and make inferences, even if it is not possible to extract the information in the digital domain.

Physical side channels have been well-studied for decades in the context of breaking implementations of cryptographic algorithms or other attacks against security features. These side channels may be easily observed by an adversary with physical access to the device, or using a tool that is in close proximity. If the adversary can monitor hardware operation and correlate its data processing with power, EME, and acoustic measurements, the adversary might be able to recover of secret keys and data.

Modes of Introduction

Phase Note
Implementation

Applicable Platforms

Type Class Name Prevalence
Language Not Language-Specific
Operating_system Not OS-Specific
Architecture Not Architecture-Specific
Technology Not Technology-Specific

Relationships

View Weakness
# ID View Status # ID Name Abstraction Structure Status
CWE-1000 Research Concepts Draft CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy Base Simple Incomplete
CWE-1194 Hardware Design Draft CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy Base Simple Incomplete

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

The Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPECâ„¢) effort provides a publicly available catalog of common attack patterns that helps users understand how adversaries exploit weaknesses in applications and other cyber-enabled capabilities.

CAPEC at Mitre.org
# ID Name Weaknesses
CAPEC-189 Black Box Reverse Engineering CWE-1300
CAPEC-699 Eavesdropping on a Monitor CWE-1300

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# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories Exploits PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
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