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48 lines
2.2 KiB
YAML
48 lines
2.2 KiB
YAML
name: AWS CreateAccessKey
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id: 2a9b80d3-6340-4345-11ad-212bf3d0d111
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version: 9
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date: '2025-05-02'
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author: Bhavin Patel, Splunk
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status: production
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type: Hunting
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description: The following analytic identifies the creation of AWS IAM access keys
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by a user for another user, which can indicate privilege escalation. It leverages
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AWS CloudTrail logs to detect instances where the user creating the access key is
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different from the user for whom the key is created. This activity is significant
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because unauthorized access key creation can allow attackers to establish persistence
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or exfiltrate data via AWS APIs. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to unauthorized
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access to AWS services, data exfiltration, and long-term persistence in the environment.
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data_source:
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- AWS CloudTrail CreateAccessKey
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search: '`cloudtrail` eventName = CreateAccessKey userAgent !=console.amazonaws.com errorCode = success
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| eval match=if(match(userIdentity.userName,requestParameters.userName),1,0)
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| search match=0
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| rename user_name as user
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| stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime by signature dest user user_agent src vendor_account vendor_region vendor_product
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| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` |`aws_createaccesskey_filter`'
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how_to_implement: You must install splunk AWS add on and Splunk App for AWS. This
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search works with AWS CloudTrail logs.
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known_false_positives: While this search has no known false positives, it is possible
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that an AWS admin has legitimately created keys for another user.
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references:
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- https://bishopfox.com/blog/privilege-escalation-in-aws
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- https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation-part-2/
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tags:
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analytic_story:
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- AWS IAM Privilege Escalation
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asset_type: AWS Account
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mitre_attack_id:
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- T1136.003
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product:
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- Splunk Enterprise
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- Splunk Enterprise Security
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- Splunk Cloud
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security_domain: network
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tests:
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- name: True Positive Test
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attack_data:
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- data:
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https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1078/aws_createaccesskey/aws_cloudtrail_events.json
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sourcetype: aws:cloudtrail
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source: aws_cloudtrail
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