Add a policy to a user¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Nick Jones | 2023-07-01 |
An adversary may attempt to add a policy to a user, in order to escalate the privileges of that user.
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- iam:AttachUserPolicy
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| user | str | User to add policy to | root |
| policyarn | str | Policy to add to user | arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ReadOnlyAccess |
Attacker Action¶
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name --policy-arn
Detection Case¶
ELK query¶
When logs are ingested into ELK, the following Lucene query can be used to identify relevant events.
eventName:AttachUserPolicy AND eventSource:iam.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Add a policy to a user
id: ca08ef1e-c37a-4a7e-b1a0-670519faacc2
status: experimental
author: Nick Jones
date: 2023-07-01
description: An adversary may attempt to add a policy to a user, in order to escalate the privileges of that user.
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: "iam.amazonaws.com"
events:
- eventName: "AttachUserPolicy"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1098