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AN1105 Analytic 1105

IaaS · attack.mitre.org · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2

<p>Multiple AWS CloudTrail events indicating temporary privilege escalation via PassRole and AssumeRole targeting newly created services or non-interactive infrastructure.</p>
Detects
T1548.005 Temporary Elevated Cloud Access
Part of
DET0393 Detection Strategy for Temporary Elevated Cloud Access Abuse (T1548.005)

Log sources and channels

Exactly as MITRE states them in x_mitre_log_source_references. Where a channel is vague, it is vague in the source; kevmap does not tidy it.

Log sourceChannelData component
AWS:CloudTrailPassRoleDC0013 User Account Metadata

Mutable elements

Parameters MITRE marks as environment-specific. These are the knobs you are expected to tune; they are why an analytic is not a rule.

FieldDescription
targetRoleNameDefine which roles are allowed to be assumed or passed; restrict highly privileged roles.
TimeWindowTime range between PassRole and AssumeRole events to link the privilege chain.
invokingServiceRestrict which services are authorized to invoke role passing (e.g., Lambda, EC2).