IAM misconfigurations

EC2 Instance with Administrator Privileges

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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  • GDPR
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  • HITRUST
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  • ISO 27701
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  • iso_27001_2022
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  • iso_27002_2022
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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 800-190
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  • NIST 800-53
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  • PDPA
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  • pipeda
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  • STIG K8s
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  • UK Cyber Essentials

Description

The AWS EC2 Instance was found to have full administrative privileges to your account. Instance Profiles with full administrative privileges attached grant unrestricted access (Action: '*') to any resources on the account (Resource: '*'). In the event that the asset is compromised, this may potentially lead to full account takeover.