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Difference between revisions of "Test Account Provisioning Process (OTG-IDENT-003)"
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Determine which roles are able to provision users and what sort of accounts they can provision. | Determine which roles are able to provision users and what sort of accounts they can provision. | ||
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Is there any verification, vetting and authorisation of provisioning requests? | Is there any verification, vetting and authorisation of provisioning requests? | ||
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Is there any verification, vetting and authorisation of de-provisioning requests? | Is there any verification, vetting and authorisation of de-provisioning requests? | ||
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| + | Can an administrator provision other administrators or just users? | ||
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| + | Can an administrator or other user provision accounts with privileges greater than their own? | ||
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| + | Can an administrator/user deprovision themselves? | ||
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| + | How are the files/resources owned by the de-provisioned user managed? Are they deleted? Is access transferred? | ||
=== Example === | === Example === | ||
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| + | In Wordpress, only a user's name and email address are required to provision the user, which can be done by | ||
| + | [[File:Wordpress_useradd.png|800px]] | ||
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| + | De-provisioning of users requires the administrator to select the users to be de-provisioned, selecting Delete from the dropdown menu (circled) and then applying this action. The administrator is then presented with a dialog box asking what to do with the user's posts (delete or transfer them). | ||
| + | [[File:Wordpress_authandusers.png|800px]] | ||
== Tools == | == Tools == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 13:55, 5 November 2013
Summary
The provisioning of accounts presents an opportunity for an attacker to create a valid account without application of the proper identification and authorization process.
Test objectives
Verify which accounts may provision other accounts and of what type
How to test
Determine which roles are able to provision users and what sort of accounts they can provision.
Is there any verification, vetting and authorisation of provisioning requests?
Is there any verification, vetting and authorisation of de-provisioning requests?
Can an administrator provision other administrators or just users?
Can an administrator or other user provision accounts with privileges greater than their own?
Can an administrator/user deprovision themselves?
How are the files/resources owned by the de-provisioned user managed? Are they deleted? Is access transferred?
Example
In Wordpress, only a user's name and email address are required to provision the user, which can be done by
De-provisioning of users requires the administrator to select the users to be de-provisioned, selecting Delete from the dropdown menu (circled) and then applying this action. The administrator is then presented with a dialog box asking what to do with the user's posts (delete or transfer them).
