Data Source: AWS CloudTrail DeletePolicy

Created: 2024-05-22

Last Updated: 2026-10-14

ID: d190d23a-2c59-4a0e-9c55-a53ebef28ee5

Author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk

Description

Logs the deletion of an IAM policy in AWS, including details about the policy name and its associated roles or users.

Details

Property	Value
Source	`aws_cloudtrail`
Sourcetype	`aws:cloudtrail`
Separator	eventName

Name ▲▼	Technique ▲▼	Type ▲▼
AWS IAM Delete Policy	Account Manipulation	Hunting

Supported Apps

Splunk Add-on for AWS (version 8.2.2)

Event Fields

+ Fields

  <span class="pill kill-chain">_time</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">action</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">app</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">aws_account_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">awsRegion</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">change_type</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">command</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">desc</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dest</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">dvc</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">errorCode</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">errorMessage</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventCategory</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventSource</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventTime</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventType</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventtype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">eventVersion</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">host</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">index</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">linecount</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">managementEvent</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">msg</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">object_category</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">product</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">punct</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">readOnly</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">reason</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">recipientAccountId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">region</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">requestID</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">requestParameters</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">requestParameters.policyArn</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">responseElements</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">result</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">result_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">signature</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">source</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">sourceIPAddress</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">sourcetype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">splunk_server</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">src</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">src_ip</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">src_user</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">start_time</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">status</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tag</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">tag::eventtype</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">timestamp</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user_access_key</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user_agent</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user_arn</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user_group_id</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user_name</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">user_type</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userAgent</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.accessKeyId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.accountId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.arn</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.principalId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.sessionContext.attributes.creationDate</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.sessionContext.attributes.mfaAuthenticated</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.accountId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.arn</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.principalId</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.type</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.userName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.type</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userIdentity.userName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">userName</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor_account</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor_product</span>
  
  <span class="pill kill-chain">vendor_region</span>
  
</div>

Example Log

1{"eventVersion": "1.05", "userIdentity": {"type": "IAMUser", "principalId": "AIDAYTOGP2RLEHRX5YWNV", "arn": "arn:aws:iam::151521547504:user/bhavin_cli", "accountId": "151521547504", "accessKeyId": "AKIAYTOGP2RLG53UIYWY", "userName": "bhavin_cli"}, "eventTime": "2020-08-05T20:29:10Z", "eventSource": "iam.amazonaws.com", "eventName": "DeletePolicy", "awsRegion": "us-east-1", "sourceIPAddress": "61.25.42.212", "userAgent": "aws-sdk-go/1.32.12 (go1.13.7; darwin; amd64) APN/1.0 HashiCorp/1.0 Terraform/0.12.12 (+https://www.terraform.io)", "requestParameters": {"policyArn": "arn:aws:iam::151521547504:policy/default/codecommit-policy-default"}, "responseElements": null, "requestID": "588a73f2-b3d9-4a4c-af35-d7f308282ef2", "eventID": "9c172c7c-6da8-463b-a576-61c67c19fee3", "eventType": "AwsApiCall", "recipientAccountId": "151521547504"}

Required Output Fields

dest
user
user_agent
src
vendor_account
vendor_region
vendor_product

Source: GitHub | Version: 4