aws detect role creation
WARNING THIS IS A EXPERIMENTAL object
We have not been able to test, simulate, or build datasets for this object. Use at your own risk. This analytic is NOT supported.
Description
This search provides detection of role creation by IAM users. Role creation is an event by itself if user is creating a new role with trust policies different than the available in AWS and it can be used for lateral movement and escalation of privileges.
- Type: Hunting
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Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Last Updated: 2020-07-27
- Author: Rod Soto, Splunk
- ID: 5f04081e-ddee-4353-afe4-504f288de9ad
Annotations
ATT&CK
ID | Technique | Tactic |
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T1078 | Valid Accounts | Defense Evasion, Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
Kill Chain Phase
- Exploitation
NIST
CIS20
CVE
Search
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`aws_cloudwatchlogs_eks` event_name=CreateRole action=created userIdentity.type=AssumedRole requestParameters.description=Allows*
| table sourceIPAddress userIdentity.principalId userIdentity.arn action event_name awsRegion http_user_agent mfa_auth msg requestParameters.roleName requestParameters.description responseElements.role.arn responseElements.role.createDate
| `aws_detect_role_creation_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
Note that aws_detect_role_creation_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Required field
- _time
- event_name
- action
- userIdentity.type
- requestParameters.description
- sourceIPAddress
- userIdentity.principalId
- userIdentity.arn
- action
- event_name
- awsRegion
- http_user_agent
- mfa_auth
- msg
- requestParameters.roleName
- requestParameters.description
- responseElements.role.arn
- responseElements.role.createDate
How To Implement
You must install splunk AWS add-on and Splunk App for AWS. This search works with cloudwatch logs
Known False Positives
CreateRole is not very common in common users. This search can be adjusted to provide specific values to identify cases of abuse. In general AWS provides plenty of trust policies that fit most use cases.
Associated Analytic story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
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25.0 | 50 | 50 | tbd |
Reference
Test Dataset
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