Sideloaded
Description
The installation of any application outside of a legitimate infrastructure such as the app store for the operating system in question is considered sideloading.
Impact
- Allow installation from unknown media, increasing the possibility of infection by malware.
Recommendation
Use only the official application distribution store or private platforms with access controls that prevent unauthorized personnel from access controls that prevent unauthorized personnel from accessing application installation packages.
Threat
Unprivileged attacker from the internet impersonating the application.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ 1440 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: N
- User interaction: R
- Scope: C
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: L
- Availability: L
Temporal
- Exploit code maturity: U
- Remediation level: U
- Report confidence: R
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R
- Score:
- Base: 5.8
- Temporal: 5.1
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Medium
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: N
- User interaction: A
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): L
- Confidentiality (SC): L
- Integrity (SI): L
- Availability (SA): L
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: U
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 0.5
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Low
Compliant code
Code examples do not apply for this vulnerability
Non compliant code
Code examples do not apply for this vulnerability
Requirements
Fixes
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