Escalator to the Cloud: 5 Privesc Attack Vectors in AWS

Published

2019-12-19 00:00

Collected

2026-07-08 08:23

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id: 4173
title: "Escalator to the Cloud: 5 Privesc Attack Vectors in AWS"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/5-privesc-attack-vectors-in-aws"
published_at: "2019-12-19T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "cloud-security", "aws", "privilege-escalation", "iam", "permissions"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4173"
lang: en
---

# Escalator to the Cloud: 5 Privesc Attack Vectors in AWS

## Summary

Gerben Kleijn validated Spencer Gietzen's 21 AWS privilege escalation methods and grouped them into five categories, highlighting misconfigurations admins should watch for in IAM setups.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/5-privesc-attack-vectors-in-aws
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4173