Using CloudTrail to Pivot to AWS Accounts

Published

2022-06-07 00:00

Collected

2026-07-08 00:27

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id: 4012
title: "Using CloudTrail to Pivot to AWS Accounts"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/cloudtrail-pivot-to-aws-accounts"
published_at: "2022-06-07T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "cloud-security", "aws", "privilege-escalation", "penetration-testing", "iam", "cloudtrail"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4012"
lang: en
---

# Using CloudTrail to Pivot to AWS Accounts

## Summary

A cloud penetration testing walkthrough showing how AWS CloudTrail logs can reveal additional accounts and roles to pivot into, extending privilege escalation beyond a single AWS account.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2022-06-07T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/cloudtrail-pivot-to-aws-accounts
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4012