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Lack of protection against deletion - EC2

Description

Instances do not have the termination/removal protection option enabled.

Impact

  • Delete or terminate instances by accident.
  • Lose of EBS data.

Recommendation

Ensure that instances have Termination Protection safety feature enabled.

Threat

External attacker with AWS credentials.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 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: H
  • User interaction: N
  • Scope: U
  • Confidentiality: N
  • Integrity: N
  • Availability: H

Temporal

  • Exploit code madurity: P
  • Remediation level: O
  • Report confidence: C

Result

  • Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
  • Score:
    • Base: 4.9
    • Temporal: 4.4
  • Severity:
    • Base: Medium
    • Temporal: Medium

Requirements

Fixes

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