Improper Physical Access Control
CWE-1263
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.
The specific requirements around how robust the design of the physical protection mechanism depends on the type of product being protected. Selecting the correct physical protection mechanism and properly enforcing it through implementation and manufacturing are critical to the overall physical security of the product.
We track 4 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 7.8.
How this weakness is prevented
- 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.
- Testing: The testing phase of the lifecycle should establish a method for determining whether the protection mechanism is sufficient to prevent unauthorized access.
- Manufacturing: Ensure that all protection mechanisms are fully activated at the time of manufacturing and distribution.
Latest Improper Physical Access Control vulnerabilities
- 7.0 High severity
ShizenBox2 (dev-conf): Improper Physical Access Control
An improper physical access control issue exists in ShizenBox2 (dev-conf). If exploited, an attacker with physical access to the product may execute bootloader commands without authentication.
- 9.3 Critical severity
Life2000 Ventilation System: Improper Physical Access Control
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 uninte
- 7.3 High severity
smart_cabinet_lock: Improper Access Control
eLinkSmart Hidden Smart Cabinet Lock 2024-05-22 has Incorrect Access Control and fails to perform an authorization check which can lead to card duplication and other attacks.
- 7.8 High severity
bluview: Improper Physical Access Control
Certain software builds for the BLU View 2 and Sharp Rouvo V Android devices contain a vulnerable pre-installed app with a package name of com.evenwell.fqc (versionCode='9020801', versionName='9.0208.01' ; versionCode='9020913', versionName='9.0209.13' ; versi