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AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via Glue policy

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Id370f0e5e-da1d-4a14-8ced-d1d7ab66a8d7
RulenameAWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via Glue policy
DescriptionDetects 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.
SeverityMedium
TacticsPrivilegeEscalation
TechniquesT1098.003
Required data connectorsAWS
KindScheduled
Query frequency1d
Query period1d
Trigger threshold0
Trigger operatorgt
Source Urihttps://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Analytic Rules/AWS_PrivilegeEscalationViaGluePolicy.yaml
Version1.0.2
Arm template370f0e5e-da1d-4a14-8ced-d1d7ab66a8d7.json
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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:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Name
    columnName: AccountName
  - identifier: UPNSuffix
    columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
  - identifier: CloudAppAccountId
    columnName: RecipientAccountId
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Address
    columnName: SourceIpAddress
tactics:
- PrivilegeEscalation
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
  - AWSCloudTrail
  connectorId: AWS
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: AWS Glue privilege escalation policy update by {{AccountName}}
  alertDescriptionFormat: Detected {{EventName}} Event, updating inline Glue escalation policy {{PolicyName}} in account {{RecipientAccountId}}.
id: 370f0e5e-da1d-4a14-8ced-d1d7ab66a8d7
severity: Medium
status: Available
customDetails:
  RecipientAccountId: RecipientAccountId
  UserIdentityArn: UserIdentityArn
  EventName: EventName
  PolicyName: PolicyName
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  
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Analytic Rules/AWS_PrivilegeEscalationViaGluePolicy.yaml
kind: Scheduled
queryPeriod: 1d
version: 1.0.2
name: AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via Glue policy
queryFrequency: 1d
triggerThreshold: 0
relevantTechniques:
- T1098.003
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.  
triggerOperator: gt