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AWSCloudTrail - Creation of Glue policy and then privilege escalation

Identifies creation of IAM policies that grant broad AWS Glue permissions paired with IAM permissions, followed by policy attachment to a principal. This sequence can indicate unauthorized privilege expansion and…

Description

Identifies creation of IAM policies that grant broad AWS Glue permissions paired with IAM permissions, followed by policy attachment to a principal. This sequence can indicate unauthorized privilege expansion and should be reviewed for potential cloud account manipulation.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
IaaSIdentity ProviderOffice SuiteSaaSWindows

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.

Log source product
aws
Log source service
awscloudtrail

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