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Modify Lambda Function Code

Platform Author Last Update
aws Nick Jones 2023-07-01

An attacker may attempt to modify the code that a lambda function executes in order to gain a foothold in the environment

MITRE IDs

Required Permissions

  • lambda:UpdateFunctionCode

Required Parameters

Name Type Description Example Value
functionname str Name of the function to be targeted example-function
zipfile str Filename of the zip file of code to be uploaded file.zip

Attacker Action

aws lambda update-function-code --function-name example-function --zip-file file.zip --publish

Detection Case

ELK query

When logs are ingested into ELK, the following Lucene query can be used to identify relevant events.

eventName:None AND eventSource:None  

Sigma Definition

---
title: Modify Lambda Function Code
id: 7890b11c-19b3-4fb9-bbec-cae87db769ca
status: experimental
author: Nick Jones
date: 2023-07-01
description: An attacker may attempt to modify the code that a lambda function executes in order to gain a foothold in the environment
logsource:
  service: cloudtrail
detection:
  selection_source:
    - eventSource: "None"
  events:
    - eventName: "None"
  condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
  - attack.T1059