AWS and databases

Profiling databases in AWS is a critical aspect of a penetration test, helping identify potential vulnerabilities and security issues. PowerShell, with its AWS module support, provides a powerful environment for conducting assessments on AWS database services. Here’s a detailed explanation with examples of how PowerShell can be used to profile databases in AWS as part of a penetration test.

Amazon RDS enumeration

PowerShell can enumerate Amazon RDS instances, providing an overview of the available database instances:

Get-RDSDBInstance

Database configuration details

PowerShell allows fetching detailed configuration information for a specific RDS instance:

# Get details of a specific RDS instance
Get-RDSDBInstance -DBInstanceIdentifier "my-database-instance"

Security group analysis

PowerShell can analyze the associated security groups for an RDS instance to identify network access controls:

# List security groups associated...