Create login profile for existing user¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Nick Jones | 2023-07-01 |
An adversary may attempt to maintain access by adding a login profile to a user that does not have one configured, allowing them to authenticate to the AWS console with a password of their choice
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- iam:CreateLoginProfile
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| user | str | IAM user to create the login profile for | root |
| password | str | Password to configure for login profile | TestPass1234567890 |
Attacker Action¶
aws iam create-login-profile --user-name root --password TestPass1234567890 --no-password-reset-required
Detection Case¶
ELK query¶
When logs are ingested into ELK, the following Lucene query can be used to identify relevant events.
eventName:CreateLoginProfile AND eventSource:iam.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Create login profile for existing user
id: e367ad8f-0173-4cb3-8f1a-9b76b69b9de1
status: experimental
author: Nick Jones
date: 2023-07-01
description: An adversary may attempt to maintain access by adding a login profile to a user that does not have one configured, allowing them to authenticate to the AWS console with a password of their choice
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: "iam.amazonaws.com"
events:
- eventName: "CreateLoginProfile"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1098