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AWS Excessive Successful Discovery Events
Detects excessive successful events within a 5 minute timeframe from an IAM User.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Discovery |
Rule body
// Copyright 2023 Google LLC. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
rule aws_excessive_successful_discovery_events {
meta:
author = "Google Cloud Security"
description = "Detects excessive successful events within a 5 minute timeframe from an IAM User."
rule_id = "mr_087edc70-9943-498b-b579-aa6017026e39"
rule_name = "AWS Excessive Successful Discovery Events"
mitre_attack_tactic = "Discovery"
mitre_attack_technique = "Cloud Infrastructure Discovery"
mitre_attack_url = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1580/"
mitre_attack_version = "v13.1"
type = "Alert"
data_source = "AWS CloudTrail"
platform = "AWS"
severity = "Low"
priority = "Low"
events:
$cloudtrail.metadata.vendor_name = "AMAZON"
$cloudtrail.metadata.product_name = "AWS CloudTrail"
$cloudtrail.metadata.product_event_type = /^Describe.*|^List.*|^Get.*/
$cloudtrail.security_result.action = "ALLOW"
$cloudtrail.principal.user.userid = $user_id
$cloudtrail.target.application = $target_application
match:
$user_id over 5m
outcome:
$risk_score = max(35)
$mitre_attack_tactic = "Discovery"
$mitre_attack_technique = "Cloud Infrastructure Discovery"
$mitre_attack_technique_id = "T1580"
$event_count = count_distinct($cloudtrail.metadata.id)
$network_http_user_agent = array_distinct($cloudtrail.network.http.user_agent)
$principal_ip = array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.ip)
$principal_ip_country = array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
$principal_ip_state = array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
$principal_user_display_name = array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.user.user_display_name)
$recipient_aws_account_id = array_distinct($cloudtrail.additional.fields["recipientAccountId"])
$aws_region = array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.location.name)
$target_resource_name = array_distinct($cloudtrail.target.resource.name)
$target_resource_product_object_id = array_distinct($cloudtrail.target.resource.product_object_id)
$dc_product_event_type = count_distinct($cloudtrail.metadata.product_event_type)
condition:
$cloudtrail and $dc_product_event_type > 10
}
YARA-L rule structure
Condition
Fires when at least one $cloudtrail event in the 5m window and $dc_product_event_type > 10.
Events
$cloudtrail
metadata.product_event_type matches "^Describe.*|^List.*|^Get.*"security_result.action = "ALLOW"
Match and correlation
Outcome
Outcome variables add context to a detection. When the rule generates an alert, $risk_score is displayed with it.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | max(35) |
event_count | count_distinct($cloudtrail.metadata.id) |
network_http_user_agent | array_distinct($cloudtrail.network.http.user_agent) |
principal_ip | array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.ip) |
principal_ip_country | array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region) |
principal_ip_state | array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state) |
principal_user_display_name | array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.user.user_display_name) |
recipient_aws_account_id | array_distinct($cloudtrail.additional.fields["recipientAccountId"]) |
aws_region | array_distinct($cloudtrail.principal.location.name) |
target_resource_name | array_distinct($cloudtrail.target.resource.name) |
target_resource_product_object_id | array_distinct($cloudtrail.target.resource.product_object_id) |
dc_product_event_type | count_distinct($cloudtrail.metadata.product_event_type) |