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AWS Glue Development Endpoint Activity

Detects possible suspicious glue development endpoint activity.

Detection Query

selection:
  eventSource: glue.amazonaws.com
  eventName:
    - CreateDevEndpoint
    - DeleteDevEndpoint
    - UpdateDevEndpoint
condition: selection

Author

Austin Songer @austinsonger

Created

2021-10-03

Data Sources

awscloudtrail

Platforms

aws

References

Tags

attack.privilege-escalation

Raw Content

title: AWS Glue Development Endpoint Activity
id: 4990c2e3-f4b8-45e3-bc3c-30b14ff0ed26
status: test
description: Detects possible suspicious glue development endpoint activity.
references:
    - https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/aws/aws-privilege-escalation-methods-mitigation/
    - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/webapi/API_CreateDevEndpoint.html
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
date: 2021-10-03
modified: 2022-12-18
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
logsource:
    product: aws
    service: cloudtrail
detection:
    selection:
        eventSource: 'glue.amazonaws.com'
        eventName:
            - 'CreateDevEndpoint'
            - 'DeleteDevEndpoint'
            - 'UpdateDevEndpoint'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Glue Development Endpoint Activity may be performed by a system administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment.
    - If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
level: low