CWE-1304: Improperly Preserved Integrity of Hardware Configuration State During a Power Save/Restore Operation

ID CWE-1304

Abstraction Base

Structure Simple

Status Draft

Number of CVEs 1

The product performs a power save/restore operation, but it does not ensure that the integrity of the configuration state is maintained and/or verified between the beginning and ending of the operation.

Before powering down, the Intellectual Property (IP) saves current state (S) to persistent storage such as flash or always-on memory in order to optimize the restore operation. During this process, an attacker with access to the persistent storage may alter (S) to a configuration that could potentially modify privileges, disable protections, and/or cause damage to the hardware. If the IP does not validate the configuration state stored in persistent memory, upon regaining power or becoming operational again, the IP could be compromised through the activation of an unwanted/harmful configuration.

Modes of Introduction

Phase	Note
Architecture and Design	Weakness introduced via missing internal integrity guarantees during power save/restore
Integration	Weakness introduced via missing external integrity verification during power save/restore

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-284	Improper Access Control	Pillar	Simple	Incomplete
CWE-1000	Research Concepts	Draft	CWE-345	Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity	Class	Simple	Draft
CWE-1194	Hardware Design	Draft	CWE-1271	Uninitialized Value on Reset for Registers Holding Security Settings	Base	Simple	Incomplete

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

The Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC™) 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-176	Configuration/Environment Manipulation	CWE-1304

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