Phishing

Description

The application users are susceptible to phishing, a social engineering technique in which attackers present themselves as a legitimate entity that the victim trusts and request confidential information (usually credentials). These attacks are often possible due to improperly configured corporate email clients.

Impact

Mislead users to obtain information.

Recommendation

• Use anti-spam controls to prevent mail from arriving.
• Conduct awareness campaigns with users.

Threat

Anonymous attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 60 minutes.

Score

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

Base

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

Temporal

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

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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: H
• Attack Requirements: N
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: A
• Confidentiality (VC): H
• 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:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
• Score:
  • CVSS-BT: 5.9
• Severity:
  • CVSS-BT: Medium

Requirements

• 115.Filter malicious emails
• 116.Disable images of unknown origin
• 117.Do not interpret HTML code
• 118.Inspect attachments
• 144.Remove inactive accounts periodically

Fixes

• Scala
• Go
• Java

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