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Create an AWS IAM User

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module will attempt to create an AWS (Amazon Web Services) IAM
(Identity and Access Management) user with Admin privileges.

Authors

Javier Godinez [email protected]
Jon Hart [email protected]

Platform

Unix

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use post/multi/escalate/aws_create_iam_user
    msf post(aws_create_iam_user) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(aws_create_iam_user) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(aws_create_iam_user) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(aws_create_iam_user) > run
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