name: AWS CloudTrail GetPasswordData
id: 6ff2ce99-85b1-4c17-888a-56dbc3570671
version: 3
creation_date: '2024-05-22'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: Patrick Bareiss, Splunk
description: Logs an event when a request is made to retrieve the administrator password of an EC2 instance.
mitre_components:
    - Instance Metadata
    - User Account Authentication
source: aws_cloudtrail
sourcetype: aws:cloudtrail
separator: eventName
separator_value: GetPasswordData
supported_TA:
    - name: Splunk Add-on for AWS
      url: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1876
      version: 8.1.2
fields:
    - _time
    - app
    - awsRegion
    - aws_account_id
    - change_type
    - command
    - date_hour
    - date_mday
    - date_minute
    - date_month
    - date_second
    - date_wday
    - date_year
    - date_zone
    - dest
    - dvc
    - errorCode
    - errorMessage
    - eventCategory
    - eventID
    - eventName
    - eventSource
    - eventTime
    - eventType
    - eventVersion
    - eventtype
    - host
    - index
    - linecount
    - managementEvent
    - msg
    - object_category
    - product
    - punct
    - readOnly
    - reason
    - recipientAccountId
    - region
    - requestID
    - requestParameters.instanceId
    - responseElements
    - result
    - result_id
    - signature
    - source
    - sourceIPAddress
    - sourcetype
    - splunk_server
    - src
    - src_ip
    - start_time
    - tag
    - tag::eventtype
    - timeendpos
    - timestartpos
    - tlsDetails.cipherSuite
    - tlsDetails.clientProvidedHostHeader
    - tlsDetails.tlsVersion
    - user
    - userAgent
    - userIdentity.accessKeyId
    - userIdentity.accountId
    - userIdentity.arn
    - userIdentity.principalId
    - userIdentity.sessionContext.attributes.creationDate
    - userIdentity.sessionContext.attributes.mfaAuthenticated
    - userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.accountId
    - userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.arn
    - userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.principalId
    - userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.type
    - userIdentity.sessionContext.sessionIssuer.userName
    - userIdentity.type
    - userName
    - user_access_key
    - user_agent
    - user_arn
    - user_group_id
    - user_id
    - user_name
    - user_type
    - vendor
    - vendor_account
    - vendor_product
    - vendor_region
output_fields:
    - dest
    - user
    - user_agent
    - src
    - vendor_account
    - vendor_region
    - vendor_product
example_log: '{"eventVersion": "1.08", "userIdentity": {"type": "AssumedRole", "principalId": "AROAYTOGP2RLP5AASA6I5:aws-go-sdk-1660169051746043000", "arn": "arn:aws:sts::111111111111:assumed-role/sample-role-used-by-stratus-for-ec2-password-data/aws-go-sdk-1660169051746043000", "accountId": "111111111111", "accessKeyId": "ASIAYTOGP2RLLY5RQXEF", "sessionContext": {"sessionIssuer": {"type": "Role", "principalId": "AROAYTOGP2RLP5AASA6I5", "arn": "arn:aws:iam::111111111111:role/sample-role-used-by-stratus-for-ec2-password-data", "accountId": "111111111111", "userName": "sample-role-used-by-stratus-for-ec2-password-data"}, "webIdFederationData": {}, "attributes": {"creationDate": "2022-08-10T22:04:12Z", "mfaAuthenticated": "false"}}}, "eventTime": "2022-08-10T22:04:13Z", "eventSource": "ec2.amazonaws.com", "eventName": "GetPasswordData", "awsRegion": "us-west-2", "sourceIPAddress": "142.254.89.27", "userAgent": "stratus-red-team_e3e4b259-63a4-4d89-acd5-a7286a279bb8", "errorCode": "Client.UnauthorizedOperation", "errorMessage": "You are not authorized to perform this operation. Encoded authorization failure message: OwnXKlWs2vtfsyXhkYTFO35PfDwIeH4oGadP2dmbdguXBDpSfP-65XwZU4JdWht_u8p9BlgIZ0QOYIzmm5-ApXc7HsgOynmQvF4vFNUxxiuY0w-VRNBiuPmphwnJqYln8pTJogn0DfcleY5TIuDEFwmGvZHnGMmK1kXJ1VcUiQvbK_vuDpSqIDFz-jqcnOTjzsC4DXlTZkHLL1HEeNVIjI9HCEWYG4CuG9Ti8BQ0AnGVkU8oqvtS6iyVlnPI9oId5_AWpfmE1ijhNKbgFH77DjRn6QyR5rGkGYYFpvaIyMvX33Vti4RzfAyJdpuzMgp6tV-q_Rbh0ikwBJvUtiiGfmqzdQynfRNDQmXJ3ruifOjGmUz34M90SGFJKi5CVHGThtO3UWj9EqYXpKdu_JgTYEqxWvRBopB--V7tOap8XKuz7W3rWyHN2clHA0yooLZ3DV34LWgzzDp9Iv66829HSTwGz7h2P0sGdCNuV_FCxwQzWYa8f6_h1By90MvWUvmEDLSzOfA_PF6BcqCmV8XBiPUvCMPebDSGmPwSa371J5Yn2xEiuQadfuNYRLZnd2i1V_NF9ax67BdZ", "requestParameters": {"instanceId": "i-7sap2krlslv6adrs"}, "responseElements": null, "requestID": "87368810-7b30-4ff9-b097-702778a53f22", "eventID": "0cdd3757-296a-4454-9619-d0f8be335081", "readOnly": true, "eventType": "AwsApiCall", "managementEvent": true, "recipientAccountId": "111111111111", "eventCategory": "Management", "tlsDetails": {"tlsVersion": "TLSv1.2", "cipherSuite": "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "clientProvidedHostHeader": "ec2.us-west-2.amazonaws.com"}}'