Description

Instances do not have the termination/removal protection option enabled.

Impact

- Delete or terminate instances by accident.
- Lose of EBS data.

Recommendation

Ensure that instances have Termination Protection safety feature enabled.

Threat

External attacker with AWS credentials.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 30 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: H
• User interaction: N
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: N
• Integrity: N
• Availability: H

Temporal

• Exploit code maturity: P
• Remediation level: O
• Report confidence: C

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
• Score:
• Base: 4.9
• Temporal: 4.4
• 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: H
• User interaction: N
• Confidentiality (VC): N
• Integrity (VI): N
• Availability (VA): H
• Confidentiality (SC): N
• Integrity (SI): N
• Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

• Exploit maturity: P

Result 4.0

• Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
• Score:
• CVSS-BT: 5.5
• Severity:
• CVSS-BT: Medium

Requirements

• 186.Use the principle of least privilege
• 265.Restrict access to critical processes

Fixes

• Aws

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