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You can manually create or edit the config file using a text editor. However, it's often easier to use AWS CLI commands to configure your settings. For instance, you can use the aws configure command to set up your AWS credentials and preferred region.

Even after fixing the LFI/SSRF, ensure the AWS configuration files themselves are protected: fetch-url-file-3A-2F-2F-2Froot-2F.aws-2Fconfig

# Change ownership to root only
sudo chown -R root:root /root/.aws

The /root/.aws/config file itself might not always contain secrets—but in many real-world misconfigurations, administrators store credentials directly in the config file using the following syntax: You can manually create or edit the config


[default]
aws_access_key_id = AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
aws_secret_access_key = wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
region = us-east-1



Moreover, even if the config file only references a profile, it almost always coexists with /root/.aws/credentials. An attacker who can read /root/.aws/config can often guess or traverse to /root/.aws/credentials. Moreover, even if the config file only references


sudo chmod 700 /root/.aws
sudo chmod 600 /root/.aws/config
sudo chmod 600 /root/.aws/credentials

Consider encrypting the credentials file with tools like gpg or moving to a secrets manager (AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault).

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