IAM misconfigurations

User with Privilege Escalation Permissions without MFA

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks
  • Brazilian General Data Protection (LGPD)
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  • CCM-CSA
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  • CCPA
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  • cis_8
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  • CPRA
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  • Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Best Practices
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  • essential_8_au
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  • essential_8_au_level_1
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  • essential_8_au_level_2
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  • iso_27001_2022
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  • iso_27002_2022
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  • Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark
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  • Mitre ATT&CK
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  • New Zealand Information Security Manual
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  • NIST 800-171
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  • NIST 800-53
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  • PDPA
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  • pipeda
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  • UK Cyber Essentials

Description

User has roles which allows Privilege escalation, while the user does not have multi-factor authentication activated. If the user will be compromised, the entire account can be compromised