Non-encrypted confidential information - AWS

Description

AWS credentials are stored in plain text within the source code.

Impact

• Expose resources, processes and sensitive information that could be compromised.
• Copy sensitive information from S3 Buckets.
• Remove sensitive information from S3 Buckets.

Recommendation

Encrypt all sensitive information that is transported or stored within the application according to the organizations policies.

Threat

Attacker with access to the code 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: L
• User interaction: N
• Scope: C
• Confidentiality: H
• Integrity: H
• Availability: H

Temporal

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

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
• Score:
  • Base: 9.9
  • Temporal: 9.9
• Severity:
  • Base: Critical
  • Temporal: Critical

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: L
• User interaction: N
• Confidentiality (VC): H
• Integrity (VI): H
• Availability (VA): H
• Confidentiality (SC): L
• Integrity (SI): L
• Availability (SA): L

Threat 4.0

• Exploit maturity: X

Result 4.0

• Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X
• Score:
  • CVSS-BT: 8.7
• Severity:
  • CVSS-BT: High

Requirements

• 134.Store passwords with salt
• 135.Passwords with random salt
• 185.Encrypt sensitive information
• 229.Request access credentials
• 264.Request authentication
• 300.Mask sensitive data

Fixes

• Aws
• Python

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