Privilege escalation via EC2 policy
Id | a2b2a984-c820-4d93-830e-139bffd81fa3 |
Rulename | Privilege escalation via EC2 policy |
Description | Detected usage of AttachUserPolicy/AttachGroupPolicy/AttachRolePolicy on EC2 policy. Attackers could use these operations for privilege escalation. Verify these actions with the user. |
Severity | Medium |
Tactics | PrivilegeEscalation |
Techniques | T1484 |
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_PrivilegeEscalationViaEC2Policy.yaml |
Version | 1.0.0 |
Arm template | a2b2a984-c820-4d93-830e-139bffd81fa3.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 "ec2:*") or ((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "ec2:RunInstances") or ((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "ec2:Run*")) or (Action contains "ec2:*") or (Action contains "ec2:ListInstances" and Action contains "ec2:StartInstance" and Action contains "ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute") or (Action contains "ec2:List*" and Action contains "ec2:Start*" and Action contains "ec2:Modify*")) and Resource == "*" and Condition == ""
| distinct TimeGenerated, EventName, PolicyName, SourceIpAddress, UserIdentityArn, UserIdentityUserName
| extend UserIdentityUserName = iff(isnotempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserIdentityUserName, tostring(split(UserIdentityArn,'/')[-1]))
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, IPCustomEntity = SourceIpAddress, AccountCustomEntity = UserIdentityUserName
severity: Medium
queryFrequency: 1d
relevantTechniques:
- T1484
tactics:
- PrivilegeEscalation
kind: Scheduled
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 "ec2:*") or ((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "ec2:RunInstances") or ((Action contains "iam:*" or Action contains "iam:PassRole") and Action contains "ec2:Run*")) or (Action contains "ec2:*") or (Action contains "ec2:ListInstances" and Action contains "ec2:StartInstance" and Action contains "ec2:ModifyInstanceAttribute") or (Action contains "ec2:List*" and Action contains "ec2:Start*" and Action contains "ec2:Modify*")) and Resource == "*" and Condition == ""
| distinct TimeGenerated, EventName, PolicyName, SourceIpAddress, UserIdentityArn, UserIdentityUserName
| extend UserIdentityUserName = iff(isnotempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserIdentityUserName, tostring(split(UserIdentityArn,'/')[-1]))
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, IPCustomEntity = SourceIpAddress, AccountCustomEntity = UserIdentityUserName
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Analytic Rules/AWS_PrivilegeEscalationViaEC2Policy.yaml
queryPeriod: 1d
status: Available
version: 1.0.0
name: Privilege escalation via EC2 policy
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
- AWSCloudTrail
connectorId: AWS
triggerOperator: gt
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: AccountCustomEntity
- entityType: IP
fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: IPCustomEntity
id: a2b2a984-c820-4d93-830e-139bffd81fa3
description: |
'Detected usage of AttachUserPolicy/AttachGroupPolicy/AttachRolePolicy on EC2 policy. Attackers could use these operations for privilege escalation. Verify these actions with the user.'
triggerThreshold: 0
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"name": "[concat(parameters('workspace'),'/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/a2b2a984-c820-4d93-830e-139bffd81fa3')]",
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"severity": "Medium",
"enabled": true,
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"queryFrequency": "P1D",
"queryPeriod": "P1D",
"triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
"triggerThreshold": 0,
"suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
"suppressionEnabled": false,
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],
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"entityType": "Account"
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"identifier": "Address"
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"entityType": "IP"
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"templateVersion": "1.0.0",
"status": "Available",
"OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Analytic Rules/AWS_PrivilegeEscalationViaEC2Policy.yaml"
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}