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CVE-2022-31231

Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.5)—

Dell ECS, versions 3.5 and 3.6, contain an Improper Access Control in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) module. A remote unauthenticated attacker may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to gaining read access to unauthorized data.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

AV:N/PR:N: explotación remota sin autenticación (T1190). CWE-284 + 'read access to unauthorized data' sugiere robo de credenciales o secretos en el IAM (T1552.007).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account ManagementNetwork SegmentationLimit Access to Resource Over NetworkVulnerability ScanningUser Account ManagementFilter Network Traffic

Affected technologies (1)

Dell — Elastic Cloud Storage

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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