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Aws Setdefaultpolicyversion

Date: 2021-02-22 ID: cc9b2643-efc9-11eb-926b-550bf0943fbb Author: Bhavin Patel Environment: attack_range Directory: aws_setdefaultpolicyversion

Description

This dataset has CloudTrail events where a user has set a default policy versions. Attackers have been know to use this technique for Privilege Escalation in case the previous versions of the policy had permissions to access more resources than the current version of the policy

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

ID Technique Tactic
T1078 Valid Accounts Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Stealth

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment attack_range
Directory aws_setdefaultpolicyversion
Test Date 2021-02-22

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Aws_cloudtrail_events-Json

  • Path: /datasets/attack_techniques/T1078/aws_setdefaultpolicyversion/aws_cloudtrail_events.json
  • Sourcetype: aws:cloudtrail
  • Source: aws_cloudtrail

No specific detections currently use this attack data for testing. However, you can find related detections and analytics in our security content repository.

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/attack_techniques/T1078/aws_setdefaultpolicyversion/aws_cloudtrail_events.json --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Related Content

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.

Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0