Vigil@nce - AWS CLI: privilege escalation via AMI Loading
March 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights, user access/rights.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 29/01/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via AMI Loading of AWS CLI, in
order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/AWS-CLI-privilege-escalation-via-AMI-Loading-31447