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# S3 Bucket

### How to check for amazon S3 Bucket Misconfiguration.

* First of all, you need to install aws cli - `Pip install awscli`
* Dont Forget to Set: - Access key - Secret key

**1.** **Check is you can list iteams from the bucket.** `aws s3 ls s3://<bucket name>`

* See if you are able to access that bucket.
* If the bucket is not accessible, still we can try to exploit it.
* If you are getting some errors then run this command `aws s3 ls s3://<bucket name> --no-sign-request`

**2. Try moving the files or deleting it and see if you are able to do that or not**

* If it is possible to move files then it is vulnerable and you can report it otherwise it is not vulnerable
* First Make a file `echo "Testing purpose" >> test.txt`
* Now try command to move the file into the bucket. `aws s3 mv test.txt s3://<bucket name>`
* Also try command to copy the file from local drive to the S3 bucket. `aws s3 cp test.txt s3://[bucketname]/test.txt`

**3. Delete files from the bucket.**

* Command to delete the file into the bucket `aws s3 rm test.txt s3://<bucket name>/test.txt` *(if that is present)*

### References :

* [Hackerone Report](https://hackerone.com/reports/700051)
* [Hackerone Report](https://hackerone.com/reports/229690)
* <https://bugbountypoc.com/s3-bucket-misconfiguration-from-basics-to-pawn>

### Author :

* [Anishka Shukla](https://twitter.com/AnishkaShukla)
* [Anubhav Singh](https://twitter.com/AnubhavSingh_)


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