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AWS IAM Access Denied Discovery Events
Detects excessive AccessDenied events within an hour timeframe from an IAM User
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Discovery | T1580 Cloud Infrastructure Discovery |
Rule body yaral
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rule aws_iam_access_denied_discovery_events {
meta:
author = "Google Cloud Security"
description = "Detects excessive AccessDenied events within an hour timeframe from an IAM User"
rule_id = "mr_a175b0d9-4488-46cc-880a-2408cb301f41"
rule_name = "AWS IAM Access Denied 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.security_result.rule_id = "AccessDenied"
$cloudtrail.security_result.action = "BLOCK"
$cloudtrail.principal.user.userid = $user_id
$cloudtrail.target.application = $target_application
$cloudtrail.metadata.product_event_type = $product_event_type
match:
$user_id over 1h
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)
$security_result_description = array_distinct($cloudtrail.security_result.description)
$target_applications = array_distinct($cloudtrail.target.application)
$product_event_types = array_distinct($cloudtrail.metadata.product_event_type)
condition:
#cloudtrail > 5 and #target_application > 1 and #product_event_type > 1
}
Detection logic
Fires when $cloudtrail occurs more than 5 times in the 1h window and $target_application occurs more than 1 times in the 1h window and $product_event_type occurs more than 1 times in the 1h window.
Events
$cloudtrail
security_result.rule_id = "AccessDenied"security_result.action = "BLOCK"
Correlation
Outcome
Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | max(35) |
event_count | count_distinct($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($cloudtrail.target.resource.product_object_id) |
security_result_description | array_distinct($cloudtrail.security_result.description) |
target_applications | array_distinct($cloudtrail.target.application) |
product_event_types | array_distinct($cloudtrail.metadata.product_event_type) |