Typical severity: High. Likelihood of attack: Medium. An adversary exploits a configuration management system so that malicious logic is inserted into a software products build, update or deployed environment. If an adversary can control the elements included in a product's configuration management for build they can potentially replace, modify or insert code files containing malicious logic. If an adversary can control elements of a product's ongoing operational configuration management baseline they can potentially force clients receiving updates from the system to install insecure software when receiving updates from the server.
Assess software during development and prior to deployment to ensure that it functions as intended and without any malicious functionality. | Leverage anti-virus products to detect and quarantine software with known virus.