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
⌚ 90 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
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