Excessive privileges - Mobile App

Description

The application defines unnecessary permissions that can be abused by an attacker to perform unauthorized read or write operations in the device.

Impact

Execute read or write actions that should not be allowed

Recommendation

Disable unnecessary permissions, complying with the principle of least privilege

Threat

Authenticated attacker with local access to the application.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ minutes.

Score

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

Base

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

Temporal

• Exploit code madurity: P
• Remediation level: U
• Report confidence: R

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:R
• Score:
  • Base: 3.6
  • Temporal: 3.3
• Severity:
  • Base: Low
  • Temporal: Low

Requirements

• 095.Define users with privileges
• 096.Set user's required privileges
• 186.Use the principle of least privilege

Fixes

• Swift

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