Account Takeover
Description
By exploiting one or several application vulnerabilities it is possible to take control over a user account and perform action on his behalf
Impact
- Affect the traceability and non-repudiation of the user's actions. - Deny the access of a legitimate user to its own account - Obtain potentially confidential information from the user account
Recommendation
Define account recovery mechanisms, validating that the requester is the account owner.
Threat
Authenticated attacker from the Internet
Expected Remediation Time
⏱️ 100 minutes.
Score
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
L
User interaction
N
Confidentiality (VC)
L
Integrity (VI)
L
Availability (VA)
L
Confidentiality (SC)
N
Integrity (SI)
N
Availability (SA)
N
Threat 4.0
Exploit maturity
A
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A