---
id: 7945
title: "Abusing Azure Hybrid Workers for Privilege Escalation – Part 1"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/abusing-azure-hybrid-workers-for-privilege-escalation/"
published_at: "2022-03-17T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "privilege-escalation", "azure", "rbac", "automation-accounts", "hybrid-workers", "run-as-accounts"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7945"
lang: en
---

# Abusing Azure Hybrid Workers for Privilege Escalation – Part 1

## Summary

Azure Hybrid Workers using Automation Account 'Run as' certificates expose Contributor credentials to local admins, enabling privilege escalation from multiple Azure RBAC roles.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2022-03-17T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/abusing-azure-hybrid-workers-for-privilege-escalation/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7945