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AWSCloudTrail - Creation of Lambda policy and then privilege escalation

Identifies creation of IAM policies that grant broad AWS Lambda permissions followed by attachment to a user, role, or group. This sequence can indicate an attempt to add execution capabilities that support privilege…

Description

Identifies creation of IAM policies that grant broad AWS Lambda permissions followed by attachment to a user, role, or group. This sequence can indicate an attempt to add execution capabilities that support privilege escalation.

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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