---
id: 8110
title: "Running PowerShell on Azure VMs at Scale"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/running-powershell-scripts-on-azure-vms/"
published_at: "2018-11-06T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "privilege-escalation", "powershell", "azure", "cloud-pentesting", "run-command", "vms", "contributor"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8110"
lang: en
---

# Running PowerShell on Azure VMs at Scale

## Summary

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.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2018-11-06T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/running-powershell-scripts-on-azure-vms/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8110