AWS IAM Delete Policy
Description
The following detection identifes when a policy is deleted on AWS. This does not identify whether successful or failed, but the error messages tell a story of suspicious attempts. There is a specific process to follow when deleting a policy. First, detach the policy from all users, groups, and roles that the policy is attached to, using DetachUserPolicy , DetachGroupPolicy , or DetachRolePolicy.
- Type: Hunting
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Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Last Updated: 2021-04-01
- Author: Michael Haag, Splunk
- ID: ec3a9362-92fe-11eb-99d0-acde48001122
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- Installation
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- DE.AE
CIS20
- CIS 10
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`cloudtrail` eventName=DeletePolicy (userAgent!=*.amazonaws.com)
| stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(requestParameters.policyArn) as policyArn by src user_arn eventName eventSource aws_account_id errorCode errorMessage userAgent eventID awsRegion userIdentity.principalId
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `aws_iam_delete_policy_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
aws_iam_delete_policy_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Required fields
List of fields required to use this analytic.
- _time
- eventName
- userAgent
- errorCode
- requestParameters.policyArn
How To Implement
The Splunk AWS Add-on and Splunk App for AWS is required to utilize this data. The search requires AWS Cloudtrail logs.
Known False Positives
This detection will require tuning to provide high fidelity detection capabilties. Tune based on src addresses (corporate offices, VPN terminations) or by groups of users. Not every user with AWS access should have permission to delete policies (least privilege). In addition, this may be saved seperately and tuned for failed or success attempts only.
Associated Analytic Story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
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10.0 | 20 | 50 | User $user_arn$ has deleted AWS Policies from IP address $src$ by executing the following command $eventName$ |
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.
Reference
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_DeletePolicy.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/iam/delete-policy.html
Test Dataset
Replay any dataset to Splunk Enterprise by using our replay.py
tool or the UI.
Alternatively you can replay a dataset into a Splunk Attack Range
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