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PwnedLabs - Exploit SSRF with Gopher for GCP Initial Access (Cloud Pentesting)
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PwnedLabs - Exploit SSRF with Gopher for GCP Initial Access (Cloud Pentesting)

via Dev.toDavid Disu1mo ago

Exploit SSRF with Gopher for GCP Initial Access Target IP Address: 35.226.245.121 ENUMERATION From the initial port scan, ports 22 (SSH) and 80 (HTTP) are open, while ports 1433, 3389, and 5432 are closed. After viewing the landing page and moving onto the shop page, inspecting the elements reveals the site uses a Google Cloud Storage bucket . On the profile.php page, we can test for a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability. EXPLOITATION Using the file:///etc/passwd payload, we are able to view the local /etc/passwd file, proving that the application is vulnerable to SSRF. To pivot into the cloud environment, we will gather information about the VM metadata. First, we query for the associated service account using the following Gopher payload: gopher://metadata.google.internal:80/xGET%2520/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/%2520HTTP%252f%2531%252e%2531%250AHost:%2520metadata.google.internal%250AAccept:%2520%252a%252f%252a%250aMetadata-Flavor:%2520Google%250d%250a T

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