Escalating Azure Privileges with the Log Analytics Contributor Role

Get-AzPasswords can expose Azure Automation credentials via runbook output; NetSPI added certificate-based CMS encryption so extracted passwords stay protected in logs and transit.

NetSPI shows how attackers can persist in Azure after privilege escalation using Automation Accounts, privileged runbooks, and webhook triggers that restore Owner access with a single POST request.

Karl Fosaaen shows how Contributor access to Azure Automation Accounts can be abused by modifying runbooks to dump secrets from Key Vaults, enabling attackers to read vault data without Owner rights.

Karl Fosaaen starts an Azure Automation series, showing how runbook permissions allow attackers to export RunAs certificates and credentials for maintaining privileged access to Azure subscriptions.

Karl Fosaaen shows how Azure Contributor rights enable VM command execution as SYSTEM via Invoke-AzureRmVMRunCommand without opening firewall ports, scaling PowerShell across subscription VMs.

Karl Fosaaen releases a script for anonymous Azure service enumeration, brute forcing DNS across azurewebsites.net, cloudapp.net, and blob.core.windows.net to map a target's public Azure footprint.