Update login profile for existing user¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Nick Jones | 2023-07-01 |
An adversary may attempt to maintain access by updating an existing user's login profile, allowing them to authenticate to the AWS console with a password of their choice.
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- iam:UpdateLoginProfile
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| user | str | IAM user to update the login profile for | root |
| password | str | Password to configure for login profile | @#$%^&*()TestPass1234567890 |
Attacker Action¶
aws iam update-login-profile -user-name user -password password -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:UpdateLoginProfile AND eventSource:iam.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Update login profile for existing user
id: 1fd04a6c-cf1f-4169-a9aa-1fd495f99930
status: experimental
author: Nick Jones
date: 2023-07-01
description: An adversary may attempt to maintain access by updating an existing user's login profile, 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: "UpdateLoginProfile"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1098