{
  "Provider": "aws",
  "CheckID": "iam_policy_allows_privilege_escalation",
  "CheckTitle": "Ensure no Customer Managed IAM policies allow actions that may lead into Privilege Escalation",
  "CheckType": [
    "Software and Configuration Checks",
    "Industry and Regulatory Standards",
    "CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark"
  ],
  "ServiceName": "iam",
  "SubServiceName": "",
  "ResourceIdTemplate": "arn:partition:service:region:account-id:resource-id",
  "Severity": "high",
  "ResourceType": "AwsIamPolicy",
  "Description": "Ensure no Customer Managed IAM policies allow actions that may lead into Privilege Escalation",
  "Risk": "Users with some IAM permissions are allowed to elevate their privileges up to administrator rights.",
  "RelatedUrl": "",
  "Remediation": {
    "Code": {
      "CLI": "",
      "NativeIaC": "",
      "Other": "",
      "Terraform": ""
    },
    "Recommendation": {
      "Text": "Grant usage permission on a per-resource basis and applying least privilege principle.",
      "Url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#grant-least-privilege"
    }
  },
  "Categories": [],
  "DependsOn": [],
  "RelatedTo": [],
  "Notes": "CAF Security Epic: IAM"
}
