A cloud identity had escalated its permissions

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	5 Days
Required Data	Requires one of the following data sources: AWS Audit Log OR Azure Audit Log OR Gcp Audit Log
Detection Modules	Cloud
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004), Account Manipulation (T1098)
Severity	Informational

Description

A cloud identity had updated its permissions.

Attacker's Goals

Escalate privileges.

Investigative actions

• Verify which permissions were granted to the identity.

Variations

A cloud identity with high administrative activity had escalated its permissions

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004), Account Manipulation (T1098)
Severity	Informational

Description

A cloud identity with high administrative activity had updated its permissions.

Attacker's Goals

Escalate privileges.

Investigative actions

• Verify which permissions were granted to the identity.

A cloud compute service had escalated its permissions

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004), Account Manipulation (T1098)
Severity	Medium

Description

A cloud compute service had updated its permissions.

Attacker's Goals

Escalate privileges.

Investigative actions

• Verify which permissions were granted to the identity.

A cloud non-human identity had escalated its permissions

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004), Account Manipulation (T1098)
Severity	Low

Description

A cloud non-human identity had updated its permissions.

Attacker's Goals

Escalate privileges.

Investigative actions

• Verify which permissions were granted to the identity.

A cloud identity escalated its permissions to a high privilege role/policy

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004), Account Manipulation (T1098)
Severity	Low

Description

A cloud identity escalated its permissions by adding itself to a high privileged policy/role/group.

Attacker's Goals

Escalate privileges.

Investigative actions

• Verify which permissions were granted to the identity.