---
id: 7973
title: "Escalating Azure Privileges with the Log Analytics Contributor Role"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/escalating-azure-privileges-with-the-log-analystics-contributor-role/"
published_at: "2021-09-13T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "privilege-escalation", "azure", "rbac", "msrc", "automation-accounts", "log-analytics"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7973"
lang: en
---

# Escalating Azure Privileges with the Log Analytics Contributor Role

## Summary

A now-patched Azure escalation path let Log Analytics Contributor abuse Automation Account rights to reach full Subscription Contributor via Run As accounts; walkthrough of the MSRC report included.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/escalating-azure-privileges-with-the-log-analystics-contributor-role/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7973