이름: Missing Protection Against Hardware Reverse Engineering Using Integrated Circuit (IC) Imaging Techniques

Information stored in hardware may be recovered by an attacker with the capability to capture and analyze images of the integrated circuit using techniques such as scanning electron microscopy.

CWE 설명

These secrets may be stored in non-volatile memory or in the circuit netlist. Memory technologies such as masked ROM make it easier to extract secrets than One-time Programmable (OTP) memory.

일반 정보

취약점 도입 방식

Architecture and Design

적용 가능한 플랫폼

언어

클래스: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

운영 체제

클래스: Not OS-Specific (Undetermined)

아키텍처

클래스: Not Architecture-Specific (Undetermined)

기술

클래스: Not Technology-Specific (Undetermined)

일반적인 결과

범위	영향	가능성
Confidentiality	Varies by Context

잠재적 완화 방법

Phases : Architecture and Design
The cost of secret extraction via IC reverse engineering should outweigh the potential value of the secrets being extracted. Threat model and value of secrets should be used to choose the technology used to safeguard those secrets. Examples include IC camouflaging and obfuscation, tamper-proof packaging, active shielding, and physical tampering detection information erasure.

취약점 매핑 메모

근거 : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
댓글 : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

관련 공격 패턴

CAPEC ID	공격 패턴 이름
CAPEC-188	Reverse Engineering An adversary discovers the structure, function, and composition of an object, resource, or system by using a variety of analysis techniques to effectively determine how the analyzed entity was constructed or operates. The goal of reverse engineering is often to duplicate the function, or a part of the function, of an object in order to duplicate or "back engineer" some aspect of its functioning. Reverse engineering techniques can be applied to mechanical objects, electronic devices, or software, although the methodology and techniques involved in each type of analysis differ widely.
CAPEC-37	Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data An attacker examines a target system to find sensitive data that has been embedded within it. This information can reveal confidential contents, such as account numbers or individual keys/credentials that can be used as an intermediate step in a larger attack.
CAPEC-545	Pull Data from System Resources An adversary who is authorized or has the ability to search known system resources, does so with the intention of gathering useful information. System resources include files, memory, and other aspects of the target system. In this pattern of attack, the adversary does not necessarily know what they are going to find when they start pulling data. This is different than CAPEC-150 where the adversary knows what they are looking for due to the common location.

메모

This entry is still under development and will continue to see updates and content improvements. It is more attack-oriented, so it might be more suited for CAPEC.

참고 자료

REF-1092

A Survey on Chip to System Reverse Engineering
Shahed E. Quadir, Junlin Chen, Domenic Forte, Navid Asadizanjani, Sina Shahbazmohamadi, Lei Wang, John Chandy, Mark Tehranipoor.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2755563

REF-1129

Security Failures In Secure Devices
Christopher Tarnovsky.
https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-08/Tarnovsky/Presentation/bh-dc-08-tarnovsky.pdf

제출

이름	조직	날짜	출시일	Version
Nicole Fern	Cycuity (originally submitted as Tortuga Logic)	2020-05-20 +00:00	2020-02-24 +00:00	4.1

수정 사항

이름	조직	날짜	댓글
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2020-08-20 +00:00	updated Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Modes_of_Introduction, Potential_Mitigations, References, Related_Attack_Patterns
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2021-03-15 +00:00	updated Maintenance_Notes
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2022-04-28 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2022-06-28 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2022-10-13 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-01-31 +00:00	updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-04-27 +00:00	updated References, Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2023-06-29 +00:00	updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2025-12-11 +00:00	updated Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2026-10-28 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences, Description, Dimensions

CWE-1278 상세 정보

CWE-1278