Add an IAM User to a Group¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Nick Jones | 2023-07-01 |
An attacker may attempt to add an IAM user to a group, in order to escalate their privileges
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- iam:AddUserToGroup
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| group | str | Group to add user to | example-group |
| user | str | IAM user to add to group | example-user |
Attacker Action¶
aws iam add-user-to-group --group-name example-group --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:AddUserToGroup AND eventSource:iam.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Add an IAM User to a Group
id: 6e467337-484c-4b11-8a83-fb92af74afed
status: experimental
author: Nick Jones
date: 2023-07-01
description: An attacker may attempt to add an IAM user to a group, in order to escalate their privileges
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: "iam.amazonaws.com"
events:
- eventName: "AddUserToGroup"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1098