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@0x1347 0x1347 commented Apr 27, 2026

Summary

Adds a new subsection to AWS - ECS Enum documenting an on-host enumeration technique that is not currently covered anywhere in the HackTricks Cloud book:
Dumping the ECS container agent's BoltDB state file at /var/lib/ecs/data/agent.db with strings command.
This is genuinely useful in real engagements because it works:

  • Without any AWS API call (no CloudTrail trail, no IAM permission needed).
  • Without extra tooling — strings is on every Linux box, so it works from
  • As a fallback when the compromised role lacks ecs:Describe* /
  • ecs:List* permissions but has host-level read access (or a container with a misconfigured /var/lib/ecs bind mount).

@carlospolop carlospolop merged commit 7f789f1 into HackTricks-wiki:master May 3, 2026
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