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  • An identity attached an administrative policy to an IAM user or role Informational Cloud 3 variations

    An identity attached an administrative policy to an IAM user or role.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    5 Days
    ATT&CK tactics: Privilege Escalation (TA0004) Persistence (TA0003)
    ATT&CK techniques: Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Roles (T1098.003)
    Required data: AWS Audit Log
    Attacker's goals: Escalate privileges in cloud environments.
    Investigative actions: Confirm whether this activity was intentional. Check for other API calls that were executed by the identity. Look for any suspicious behavior from the IAM user or role to whom the administrative policy was attached.

    Variations

    An identity attached an administrative policy to itself

    Medium overridden

    An identity attached an administrative policy to an IAM user or role. overridden

    An identity failed to attach an administrative policy to an IAM user or role

    Medium overridden

    An identity attached an administrative policy to an IAM user or role. overridden

    A suspicious identity attached an administrative policy to an IAM user/role

    Low overridden

    An identity attached an administrative policy to an IAM user or role. overridden