AWS: Penetration Testing Lab Setup

This guide offers step-by-step instructions to create a vulnerable web server and an attacker machine on AWS, focusing on setting up a simulated SSRF environment. It covers launching EC2 instances, configuring security, deploying vulnerable code, and enabling communication between the attacker and target systems. #SSRF #AWSEC2

Keypoints

Launch and configure an Ubuntu EC2 instance for hosting the web server with SSRF vulnerability.
Create and attach an IAM role with full EC2 access to facilitate privilege escalation scenarios.
Set up a Kali Linux EC2 instance to serve as the attacker machine with necessary security group rules.
Configure security groups to allow web traffic, ping requests, and other necessary protocols.
Verify network connectivity between attacker and target systems via ping tests and SSH connections.