Excessive privileges - Wildcards
Description
- Privileges are granted with wildcard (*) in critical actions.
- Many roles have unnecessary privileges over IAM.
- Some write actions allow the use of Wildcards(*).
Impact
Perform sensitive actions with roles that do not need it.
Recommendation
Grant privileges strictly to the roles that need it.
Threat
Internet attacker with access to the machines.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ 15 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: H
- User interaction: N
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: L
- Availability: L
Temporal
- Exploit code maturity: U
- Remediation level: U
- Report confidence: C
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
- Score:
- Base: 4.1
- Temporal: 3.8
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Low
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: H
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): L
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: U
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 0.5
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Low
Requirements
- 095.Define users with privileges
- 096.Set user's required privileges
- 186.Use the principle of least privilege
Fixes
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