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AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via CRUD Lambda policy
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| Id | d0953d50-3dc1-4fa3-80fa-4d3e973a0959 |
| Rulename | AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via CRUD Lambda policy |
| Description | Detects inline IAM policy updates that grant broad AWS Lambda lifecycle permissions and related destructive capabilities. This behavior can establish execution control paths and may indicate privilege escalation through unauthorized policy expansion. |
| 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%20Web%20Services/Analytic%20Rules/AWS_PrivilegeEscalationViaCRUDLambdaPolicy.yaml |
| Version | 1.0.2 |
| Arm template | d0953d50-3dc1-4fa3-80fa-4d3e973a0959.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 "lambda:Create" and Action contains "lambda:Get" and Action contains "lambda:Update" and Action contains "kms:Delete") 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
name: AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via CRUD Lambda policy
triggerOperator: gt
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 "lambda:Create" and Action contains "lambda:Get" and Action contains "lambda:Update" and Action contains "kms:Delete") 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
queryFrequency: 1d
description: |
Detects inline IAM policy updates that grant broad AWS Lambda lifecycle permissions and related destructive
capabilities. This behavior can establish execution control paths and may indicate privilege escalation through
unauthorized policy expansion.
id: d0953d50-3dc1-4fa3-80fa-4d3e973a0959
triggerThreshold: 0
queryPeriod: 1d
version: 1.0.2
kind: Scheduled
customDetails:
RecipientAccountId: RecipientAccountId
UserIdentityArn: UserIdentityArn
EventName: EventName
PolicyName: PolicyName
status: Available
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: AWS
dataTypes:
- AWSCloudTrail
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Amazon%20Web%20Services/Analytic%20Rules/AWS_PrivilegeEscalationViaCRUDLambdaPolicy.yaml
alertDetailsOverride:
alertDescriptionFormat: Detected {{EventName}} Event, updating inline Lambda escalation policy {{PolicyName}} in account {{RecipientAccountId}}.
alertDisplayNameFormat: AWS Lambda privilege escalation policy update by {{AccountName}}
relevantTechniques:
- T1098.003
tactics:
- PrivilegeEscalation
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Name
columnName: AccountName
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
- identifier: CloudAppAccountId
columnName: RecipientAccountId
entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: SourceIpAddress
entityType: IP
{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"workspace": {
"type": "String"
}
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2024-01-01-preview",
"id": "[concat(resourceId('Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers', parameters('workspace'), 'Microsoft.SecurityInsights'),'/alertRules/d0953d50-3dc1-4fa3-80fa-4d3e973a0959')]",
"kind": "Scheduled",
"name": "[concat(parameters('workspace'),'/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/d0953d50-3dc1-4fa3-80fa-4d3e973a0959')]",
"properties": {
"alertDetailsOverride": {
"alertDescriptionFormat": "Detected {{EventName}} Event, updating inline Lambda escalation policy {{PolicyName}} in account {{RecipientAccountId}}.",
"alertDisplayNameFormat": "AWS Lambda privilege escalation policy update by {{AccountName}}"
},
"alertRuleTemplateName": "d0953d50-3dc1-4fa3-80fa-4d3e973a0959",
"customDetails": {
"EventName": "EventName",
"PolicyName": "PolicyName",
"RecipientAccountId": "RecipientAccountId",
"UserIdentityArn": "UserIdentityArn"
},
"description": "Detects inline IAM policy updates that grant broad AWS Lambda lifecycle permissions and related destructive\ncapabilities. This behavior can establish execution control paths and may indicate privilege escalation through\nunauthorized policy expansion.\n",
"displayName": "AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via CRUD Lambda policy",
"enabled": true,
"entityMappings": [
{
"entityType": "Account",
"fieldMappings": [
{
"columnName": "AccountName",
"identifier": "Name"
},
{
"columnName": "AccountUPNSuffix",
"identifier": "UPNSuffix"
},
{
"columnName": "RecipientAccountId",
"identifier": "CloudAppAccountId"
}
]
},
{
"entityType": "IP",
"fieldMappings": [
{
"columnName": "SourceIpAddress",
"identifier": "Address"
}
]
}
],
"OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Amazon%20Web%20Services/Analytic%20Rules/AWS_PrivilegeEscalationViaCRUDLambdaPolicy.yaml",
"query": "AWSCloudTrail\n| where EventName in (\"PutUserPolicy\",\"PutRolePolicy\",\"PutGroupPolicy\") and isempty(ErrorCode) and isempty(ErrorMessage)\n| extend PolicyName = tostring(parse_json(RequestParameters).policyName)\n| extend Statement = parse_json(tostring((parse_json(RequestParameters).policyDocument))).Statement\n| mvexpand Statement\n| extend Action = parse_json(Statement).Action , Effect = tostring(parse_json(Statement).Effect), Resource = tostring(parse_json(Statement).Resource), Condition = tostring(parse_json(Statement).Condition)\n| extend Action = tostring(Action)\n| where Effect =~ \"Allow\" and (Action contains \"lambda:Create\" and Action contains \"lambda:Get\" and Action contains \"lambda:Update\" and Action contains \"kms:Delete\") and Resource == \"*\" and Condition == \"\"\n| extend UserIdentityArn = iif(isempty(UserIdentityArn), tostring(parse_json(Resources)[0].ARN), UserIdentityArn)\n| extend UserName = tostring(split(UserIdentityArn, '/')[-1])\n| extend AccountName = case( UserIdentityPrincipalid == \"Anonymous\", \"Anonymous\", isempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserName, UserIdentityUserName)\n| extend AccountName = iif(AccountName contains \"@\", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 0)[0]), AccountName),\n AccountUPNSuffix = iif(AccountName contains \"@\", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 1)[0]), \"\")\n| distinct TimeGenerated, EventName, PolicyName, SourceIpAddress, RecipientAccountId, AccountName, AccountUPNSuffix, UserIdentityArn, UserIdentityUserName\n",
"queryFrequency": "P1D",
"queryPeriod": "P1D",
"severity": "Medium",
"status": "Available",
"subTechniques": [
"T1098.003"
],
"suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
"suppressionEnabled": false,
"tactics": [
"PrivilegeEscalation"
],
"techniques": [
"T1098"
],
"templateVersion": "1.0.2",
"triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
"triggerThreshold": 0
},
"type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers/alertRules"
}
]
}