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Exposed administrative services

Description​

One or more of the systems administration consoles are exposed (possibly on the internet), which may lead to unauthorized access attempts.

Impact​

Attempt to access the administrative site.

Recommendation​

Restrict the access to the administrative consoles, IP addresses or managements network segments explicitly allowed.

Threat​

Anonymous attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time​

⌚ 120 minutes.

Score​

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base​

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: L
  • Privileges required: N
  • User interaction: N
  • Scope: U
  • Confidentiality: L
  • Integrity: N
  • Availability: N

Temporal​

  • Exploit code maturity: X
  • Remediation level: X
  • Report confidence: X

Result​

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
  • Score:
    • Base: 5.3
    • Temporal: 5.3
  • Severity:
    • Base: Medium
    • Temporal: Medium

Score 4.0​

Default score using CVSS 4.0 . It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0​

  • Attack vector: N
  • Attack complexity: L
  • Attack Requirements: N
  • Privileges required: N
  • User interaction: N
  • Confidentiality (VC): L
  • Integrity (VI): N
  • Availability (VA): N
  • Confidentiality (SC): N
  • Integrity (SI): N
  • Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0​

  • Exploit maturity: X

Result 4.0​

  • Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
  • Score:
    • CVSS-BT: 6.9
  • Severity:
    • CVSS-BT: Medium

Compliant code​

Administrative consoles have specific access and entry restrictions

name: yournetwork
dns_domain: 208.67.222.222
subnets:
  subnet_admin:
    ip_subnet: 192.0.2.0/24
    allocation_pools:
      - start: 192.0.2.50
        end: 192.0.2.99
    gateway_ip: 192.0.2.1
    vlan: 101

Non compliant code​

The administrative consoles do not have any access restrictions

name: yournetwork
dns_domain: 192.0.2.0
subnets:
  subnet_admin:
    ip_subnet: 192.0.2.0
    allocation_pools:
      - start: 0.0.0.0
        end: 255.255.255.255
    gateway_ip: 192.0.2.0

Requirements​

Fixes​

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