Business information leak - Credentials

Description

A leaked account gives attackers instant access to sensitive data or internal systems. Can be used to compromise customer and employee data, financial records, intellectual property and other sensitive information that could leave you at great risk.

Impact

- Attempt to compromise the account that the credentials leaked from.
- Leverage credentials from one application to compromise additional ones.

Recommendation

- Enable multi-factor authentication on business accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Ensure strong passwords creation and management.
- Establish security policies warranting restrictions and penalties concerning to the use of work related credentials.
- Network security and access controls should be reviewed.

Threat

Unauthorized attacker with access to business information.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 60 minutes.

Score

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

Base

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

Temporal

Exploit code maturity: X
Remediation level: X
Report confidence: X

Result

Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
Score:

Base: 6.5
Temporal: 6.5

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: L
Attack Requirements: N
Privileges required: N
User interaction: N
Confidentiality (VC): L
Integrity (VI): L
Availability (VA): N
Confidentiality (SC): N
Integrity (SI): N
Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

Exploit maturity: X

Result 4.0

Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
Score:

CVSS-BT: 6.9

Severity:

CVSS-BT: Medium

Requirements

Fixes

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