---
id: 7987
title: "Azure Persistence with Desired State Configurations"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/azure-persistence-with-desired-state-configurations/"
published_at: "2021-06-24T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "red-team", "azure", "cloud-pentesting", "persistence", "vm-extension", "dsc"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7987"
lang: en
---

# Azure Persistence with Desired State Configurations

## Summary

Azure pentesting technique: abuse the Desired State Configuration (DSC) VM extension to run arbitrary commands with built-in recurrence, giving Contributor-role attackers stealthy persistence.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2021-06-24T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/azure-persistence-with-desired-state-configurations/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7987