Add an IAM User¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Nick Jones | 2023-07-01 |
An attacker may attempt to create an IAM user, in order to provide another means of authenticating to the AWS account
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- iam:CreateUser
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| user | str | IAM user to create | example-user |
Attacker Action¶
aws iam create-user --user-name example-user
Detection Case¶
ELK query¶
When logs are ingested into ELK, the following Lucene query can be used to identify relevant events.
eventName:CreateUser AND eventSource:iam.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Add an IAM User
id: 6f660a21-0fcd-4b51-9894-4d2d8213f45b
status: experimental
author: Nick Jones
date: 2023-07-01
description: An attacker may attempt to create an IAM user, in order to provide another means of authenticating to the AWS account
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: "iam.amazonaws.com"
events:
- eventName: "CreateUser"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1136.003