services / Azure / Point-to-site VPN gateway

A Point-to-Site (P2S) VPN gateway is a virtual-hub network component that provides remote-access VPN connectivity, letting individual clients establish secure tunnels into a virtual network / virtual WAN.

Controls remote-access ingress into the private network; compromise can expose or sever connectivity for a single network function.


Microsoft.​Network/​p2sVpnGateways/​generateVpnProfile/​action

Generating the VPN client profile returns the downloadable connection package with embedded credential/certificate material needed to establish a tunnel into the private VNet.

Risks

Scope: HIGH

This privilege may grant access to sensitive data from a single organizational function, or allow interruption of a service supporting a single organizational function.

Links

  • https:​/​/​azure.​permissions.​cloud/​iam/​Microsoft.​Network
  • https:​/​/​learn.​microsoft.​com/​en-​us/​azure/​role-​based-​access-​control/​resource-​provider-​operations
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