risks / Cryptographic destruction

Description

Allows an attacker to delete secret data, such as encryption keys, or private components of asymmetric keys.

Risk: CRITICAL

Exploited in isolation, this risk has the potential to disrupt central organizational operations, destroy trust, or create significant liability. Alternatively, this risk gives attackers access to broadly provisioned identities that enable the above impacts (such as root privilege escalation risks).

Mitigations

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Links

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Affected Privileges

An attacker may be able to exploit this risk if they gain any of the following privileges: