AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via Glue policy
| Id | 370f0e5e-da1d-4a14-8ced-d1d7ab66a8d7 |
| Rulename | AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via Glue policy |
| Description | Detects inline IAM policy updates that grant broad AWS Glue permissions or Glue actions paired with IAM privileges such as iam:PassRole. This pattern can enable elevated execution paths and indicates potential privilege escalation through expanded cloud role capabilities. |
| Severity | Medium |
| Tactics | PrivilegeEscalation |
| Techniques | T1098.003 |
| Required data connectors | AWS |
| Kind | Scheduled |
| Query frequency | 1d |
| Query period | 1d |
| Trigger threshold | 0 |
| Trigger operator | gt |
| Source Uri | https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Analytic Rules/AWS_PrivilegeEscalationViaGluePolicy.yaml |
| Version | 1.0.2 |
| Arm template | 370f0e5e-da1d-4a14-8ced-d1d7ab66a8d7.json |
AWSCloudTrail
| where EventName in ("PutUserPolicy","PutRolePolicy","PutGroupPolicy") and isempty(ErrorCode) and isempty(ErrorMessage)
| extend PolicyName = tostring(parse_json(RequestParameters).policyName)
| extend Statement = parse_json(tostring((parse_json(RequestParameters).policyDocument))).Statement
| mvexpand Statement
| extend Action = parse_json(Statement).Action , Effect = tostring(parse_json(Statement).Effect), Resource = tostring(parse_json(Statement).Resource), Condition = tostring(parse_json(Statement).Condition)
| extend Action = tostring(Action)
| where Effect =~ "Allow" and ((((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "glue:*") or ((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "glue:CreateDevEndpoint" and Action contains "glue:GetDevEndpoints") or ((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "glue:Create*" and Action contains "glue:Get*")) or (Action contains "glue:*") or (Action contains "glue:GetDevEndpoints" and Action contains "glue:UpdateDevEndpoint") or (Action contains "glue:Get*" and Action contains "glue:Update*")) and Resource == "*" and Condition == ""
| extend UserIdentityArn = iif(isempty(UserIdentityArn), tostring(parse_json(Resources)[0].ARN), UserIdentityArn)
| extend UserName = tostring(split(UserIdentityArn, '/')[-1])
| extend AccountName = case( UserIdentityPrincipalid == "Anonymous", "Anonymous", isempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserName, UserIdentityUserName)
| extend AccountName = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 0)[0]), AccountName),
AccountUPNSuffix = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 1)[0]), "")
| distinct TimeGenerated, EventName, PolicyName, SourceIpAddress, RecipientAccountId, AccountName, AccountUPNSuffix, UserIdentityArn, UserIdentityUserName
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
- columnName: AccountName
identifier: Name
- columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
identifier: UPNSuffix
- columnName: RecipientAccountId
identifier: CloudAppAccountId
entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
- columnName: SourceIpAddress
identifier: Address
entityType: IP
triggerOperator: gt
tactics:
- PrivilegeEscalation
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Analytic Rules/AWS_PrivilegeEscalationViaGluePolicy.yaml
alertDetailsOverride:
alertDescriptionFormat: Detected {{EventName}} Event, updating inline Glue escalation policy {{PolicyName}} in account {{RecipientAccountId}}.
alertDisplayNameFormat: AWS Glue privilege escalation policy update by {{AccountName}}
version: 1.0.2
query: |
AWSCloudTrail
| where EventName in ("PutUserPolicy","PutRolePolicy","PutGroupPolicy") and isempty(ErrorCode) and isempty(ErrorMessage)
| extend PolicyName = tostring(parse_json(RequestParameters).policyName)
| extend Statement = parse_json(tostring((parse_json(RequestParameters).policyDocument))).Statement
| mvexpand Statement
| extend Action = parse_json(Statement).Action , Effect = tostring(parse_json(Statement).Effect), Resource = tostring(parse_json(Statement).Resource), Condition = tostring(parse_json(Statement).Condition)
| extend Action = tostring(Action)
| where Effect =~ "Allow" and ((((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "glue:*") or ((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "glue:CreateDevEndpoint" and Action contains "glue:GetDevEndpoints") or ((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "glue:Create*" and Action contains "glue:Get*")) or (Action contains "glue:*") or (Action contains "glue:GetDevEndpoints" and Action contains "glue:UpdateDevEndpoint") or (Action contains "glue:Get*" and Action contains "glue:Update*")) and Resource == "*" and Condition == ""
| extend UserIdentityArn = iif(isempty(UserIdentityArn), tostring(parse_json(Resources)[0].ARN), UserIdentityArn)
| extend UserName = tostring(split(UserIdentityArn, '/')[-1])
| extend AccountName = case( UserIdentityPrincipalid == "Anonymous", "Anonymous", isempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserName, UserIdentityUserName)
| extend AccountName = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 0)[0]), AccountName),
AccountUPNSuffix = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 1)[0]), "")
| distinct TimeGenerated, EventName, PolicyName, SourceIpAddress, RecipientAccountId, AccountName, AccountUPNSuffix, UserIdentityArn, UserIdentityUserName
triggerThreshold: 0
relevantTechniques:
- T1098.003
queryPeriod: 1d
status: Available
severity: Medium
kind: Scheduled
customDetails:
RecipientAccountId: RecipientAccountId
EventName: EventName
UserIdentityArn: UserIdentityArn
PolicyName: PolicyName
name: AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via Glue policy
queryFrequency: 1d
id: 370f0e5e-da1d-4a14-8ced-d1d7ab66a8d7
description: |
Detects inline IAM policy updates that grant broad AWS Glue permissions or Glue actions paired with IAM
privileges such as iam:PassRole. This pattern can enable elevated execution paths and indicates potential
privilege escalation through expanded cloud role capabilities.
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
- AWSCloudTrail
connectorId: AWS