AWS IAM Vulnerabilities Scanner
Tests for overprivileged IAM roles and policies.
What is AWS IAM Vulnerabilities?
AWS IAM Vulnerability testing identifies dangerous identity and access configurations: overprivileged roles, wildcard permissions, missing MFA, unused credentials, cross-account trust issues, and privilege escalation paths. IAM is the foundation of AWS security—misconfigurations undermine all other controls.
Why is This Important?
IAM controls who can do what in AWS. Overprivileged roles mean compromising any service gives attackers excessive access. Privilege escalation through IAM allows low-privileged users to become administrators. IAM misconfigurations are involved in most AWS breaches.
How It Works
1. Cloud Asset Discovery
Inventories cloud resources across AWS, Azure, and GCP including storage, compute, IAM, and networking.
2. Configuration Audit
Analyzes cloud configurations against CIS benchmarks and security best practices for misconfigurations.
3. Risk Prioritization
Prioritizes findings by exploitability and business impact with cloud-native remediation steps.
Key Capabilities
Multi-cloud security posture management for AWS, Azure, and GCP with continuous compliance monitoring.
- Cross-cloud asset inventory and visibility
- CIS benchmark and compliance validation
- IAM policy and permission analysis
- Storage and data exposure detection
- Infrastructure-as-code security scanning
Frequently Asked Questions
What IAM issues should I look for?
Priority issues: users/roles with *:* permissions, missing MFA on privileged accounts, long-lived access keys, unused credentials, overly permissive trust relationships, AssumeRole chains enabling escalation, and service roles with excessive permissions.
What are IAM privilege escalation paths?
Escalation paths: IAM permission to modify own permissions, Lambda invoke with privileged execution role, EC2 with instance profile attachment, CloudFormation with admin deployment role, and chained AssumeRole through less-restricted roles.
How do I test IAM security?
Testing: use tools like Prowler, ScoutSuite, or PMapper, analyze permission policies for wildcards, enumerate trust relationships, identify unused credentials (last used), test privilege escalation paths, and review CloudTrail for suspicious IAM activity.
How do I implement least privilege in IAM?
Implementation: start with minimal permissions and add as needed, use IAM Access Analyzer for unused permissions, avoid wildcards in resource/action, use separate roles per service, implement permission boundaries, require MFA for sensitive actions, and regularly audit and prune permissions.
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