AWS - SNS Privesc

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SNS

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AWS - SNS Enum

sns:Publish

An attacker could send malicious or unwanted messages to the SNS topic, potentially causing data corruption, triggering unintended actions, or exhausting resources.

aws sns publish --topic-arn <value> --message <value>

Potential Impact: Vulnerability exploitation, Data corruption, unintended actions, or resource exhaustion.

sns:Subscribe

An attacker could subscribe or to an SNS topic, potentially gaining unauthorized access to messages or disrupting the normal functioning of applications relying on the topic.

aws sns subscribe --topic-arn <value> --protocol <value> --endpoint <value>

Potential Impact: Unauthorized access to messages (sensitve info), service disruption for applications relying on the affected topic.

sns:AddPermission

An attacker could grant unauthorized users or services access to an SNS topic, potentially getting further permissions.

aws sns add-permission --topic-arn <value> --label <value> --aws-account-id <value> --action-name <value>

Potential Impact: Unauthorized access to the topic, message exposure, or topic manipulation by unauthorized users or services, disruption of normal functioning for applications relying on the topic.