The SecOps Group CCPenX-Az Certified Cloud Pentesting eXpert - Azure Exam Practice Test

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:

B. https://management.azure.com/

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Detailed Solution:

Query role assignments for the managed identity principal:

az role assignment list \

--assignee b72a4c19-92f6-47f3-b3dd-9db5a31831d1 \

--all \

--output table

Expected output:

Principal Role Scope

------------------------------------ ---------------------- ----------------------------------------------

b72a4c19-92f6-47f3-b3dd-9db5a31831d1 Key Vault Secrets User /subscriptions/.../resourceGroups/rg-prod-apps-eastus

The assigned role is:

Key Vault Secrets User

Azure RBAC role assignments can be granted to users, groups, service principals, and managed identities.

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Detailed Solution:

Use the app registration credentials recovered from blob storage.

az login --service-principal \

-u ' < client-id > ' \

-p ' < client-secret > ' \

--tenant f015f36d-c07f-41fb-9bde-fffc3a22ee8b

Confirm that you are authenticated as a service principal:

az account show

Now enumerate role assignments for the app registration.

az role assignment list \

--assignee ' < client-id > ' \

--all \

--output table

If the --assignee lookup fails, first resolve the service principal object ID:

az ad sp show \

--id ' < client-id > ' \

--query id \

--output tsv

Then query role assignments by object ID:

SP_OBJECT_ID=$(az ad sp show --id ' < client-id > ' --query id -o tsv)

az role assignment list \

--assignee " $SP_OBJECT_ID " \

--all \

--output table

The assigned role is:

Key Vault Secrets User

This role allows the principal to read secret values from Azure Key Vault. That is the lateral movement path into the final flag.

Final Answer:

A. Key Vault Secrets User

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Detailed Solution:

List NSG rules:

az network nsg rule list \

--resource-group rg-prod-apps-eastus \

--nsg-name nsg-prod-linux01 \

--output table

Expected risky rule:

Name Priority Direction Access Protocol Source DestinationPortRange

------------ -------- --------- ------ -------- ------------ --------------------

Allow-SSH 100 Inbound Allow Tcp Internet 22

SSH exposed directly to the Internet is risky because it increases brute-force, credential-stuffing, and remote exploitation exposure. In a hardened Azure environment, SSH should typically be restricted through VPN, Bastion, JIT access, or trusted administrative IP ranges.

Correct answer:

B. Allow TCP 22 from Internet

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Detailed Solution:

First identify the managed identity attached to the Web App.

az webapp identity show \

--name RnD-Tools \

--resource-group Excalibur-Resources \

--output json

You should see a user-assigned managed identity similar to:

{

" userAssignedIdentities " : {

" /subscriptions/7403ec86-c39d-4d80-9efa-35c7580ecefa/resourceGroups/Excalibur-Resources/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/WebAppTokenIdentity " : {

" clientId " : " cf3664d4-5cec-4feb-b0ef-88b7958809df " ,

" principalId " : " efe89e83-010f-42f6-9576-30531fa47af7 "

}

}

}

Now query the role assignments for the managed identity’s principal ID:

az role assignment list \

--assignee efe89e83-010f-42f6-9576-30531fa47af7 \

--all \

--output table

The returned custom role is:

AppService-Auditor

That makes option D correct.

Final Answer:

D. AppService-Auditor

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public-backups

Detailed Solution:

Try listing containers using Azure CLI:

az storage container list \

--account-name prodreportstore01 \

--auth-mode login \

--output table

If anonymous access is allowed, test via blob endpoint:

az storage blob list \

--account-name prodreportstore01 \

--container-name public-backups \

--auth-mode key \

--output table

In a lab, you can also test the public URL pattern:

https://prodreportstore01.blob.core.windows.net/public-backups/

Expected exposed container:

public-backups

Final answer:

public-backups

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Flag{managed_identity_can_read_keyvault_secrets}

Detailed Solution:

List Key Vaults:

az keyvault list --output table

List secrets:

az keyvault secret list \

--vault-name kv-finance-prod \

--output table

Expected output:

Name Enabled

---------------- --------

db-password True

api-token True

internal-flag True

Retrieve the flag secret:

az keyvault secret show \

--vault-name kv-finance-prod \

--name internal-flag \

--query value \

--output tsv

Expected value:

Flag{managed_identity_can_read_keyvault_secrets}

Azure Key Vault can use Azure RBAC for secrets, keys, and certificates, including data-plane secret access.

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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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Detailed Solution:

In an Entra ID abuse path, a privileged user such as User Administrator may reset another user’s password. In logs, this appears as a user update operation involving the password profile.

Check audit logs in the portal:

Microsoft Entra ID → Monitoring → Audit logs

Or query via Microsoft Graph/Azure tooling depending on permissions.

The activity to look for is generally:

Update user

Modified property: passwordProfile

The other options represent different activities:

Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write = RBAC role assignment change

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listKeys/action = storage account key retrieval

Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/secrets/read = Key Vault secret read

Correct answer:

B. Update user / password profile modification