A potential risk in the aws-lambda-ecs-run-task which can be used to privilege escalation.
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AWS VDP
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zolaer9527
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**Summary:** I found a potential risk in the aws-lambda-ecs-run-task when I deployed it in the awslabs repository on GitHub. The application created a function with a role that has too many excessive permissions. A malicious user could leverage these permissions to escalate his/her privilege in multiple ways.
**Description:** The aws-lambda-ecs-run-task application creates a function named rLambdaFunction, which has a role named rLambdaFunctionRole with the arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess policy. The policy allows for any action on all resources. That means the attacker can leverage these permissions to escalate privileges. If a malicious controlled this function, he/she can directly do what he/she wants to do as a root.
## Impact
## Summary:
A malicious user could leverage these permissions to escalate his/her privilege.
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Resolved
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Weakness
Incorrect Privilege Assignment