AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via SSM policy

Detects inline IAM policy updates that grant broad AWS Systems Manager permissions. This can enable command execution and control actions across managed instances, representing a potential privilege escalation route.

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Platform: IaaS Identity Provider Office Suite SaaS
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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AWSCloudTrail - Privilege escalation via SSM policy

Detection logic

Detection requirements

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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