Potential Malicious Usage of CloudTrail System Manager
Detect when System Manager successfully executes commands against an instance.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Identity ProviderLinuxmacOSOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- aws
- Log source service
- cloudtrail
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate users may have to use SSM to perform actions against machines in the Cloud to update or maintain them
- There are legitimate uses of SSM to send commands to EC2 instances
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/elastic/detection-rules/blob/v8.6.0/rules/integrations/aws/initial_access_via_system_manager.toml | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 38e7f511-3f74-41d4-836e-f57dfa18eead
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.initial-accessattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1