AWSCloudTrail - IAM Privileged Role Attached to Instance

Identifies when a privileged IAM role is attached to an existing or new instance, which may indicate privilege escalation to administrative level.

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Platform: IaaS Identity Provider SaaS
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source product: aws awss3
Log source service: awscloudtrail

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AWSCloudTrail - IAM Privileged Role Attached to Instance

Detection logic

Detection requirements

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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