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AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via CloudFormation policy

Detects creation of inline IAM policies with CloudFormation and IAM permissions associated with privilege escalation pathways, including iam:PassRole plus stack creation capabilities. This pattern can enable indirect…

Description

Detects creation of inline IAM policies with CloudFormation and IAM permissions associated with privilege escalation pathways, including iam:PassRole plus stack creation capabilities. This pattern can enable indirect elevation and should be investigated for unauthorized policy changes.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
IaaSIdentity ProviderOffice SuiteSaaS

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

Log source product
aws
Log source service
awscloudtrail

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