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AWS Root Credentials

Detects AWS root account usage

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationdefense-evasioninitial-accesspersistence

Detection Query

selection_usertype:
  userIdentity.type: Root
selection_eventtype:
  eventType: AwsServiceEvent
condition: selection_usertype and not selection_eventtype

Author

vitaliy0x1

Created

2020-01-21

Data Sources

awscloudtrail

Platforms

aws

References

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.defense-evasionattack.initial-accessattack.persistenceattack.t1078.004

Raw Content

title: AWS Root Credentials
id: 8ad1600d-e9dc-4251-b0ee-a65268f29add
status: test
description: Detects AWS root account usage
references:
    - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_root-user.html
author: vitaliy0x1
date: 2020-01-21
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1078.004
logsource:
    product: aws
    service: cloudtrail
detection:
    selection_usertype:
        userIdentity.type: Root
    selection_eventtype:
        eventType: AwsServiceEvent
    condition: selection_usertype and not selection_eventtype
falsepositives:
    - AWS Tasks That Require AWS Account Root User Credentials https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_tasks-that-require-root.html
level: medium