New AccessKey created for Root user

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Attackers with the CreateAccessKey permissions for other users can create an access Key ID and secret access key belonging to another user in the AWS environment for privilege escalation.

Attribute Value
Type Hunting Query
Solution Amazon Web Services
ID 4055466c-8a84-44c6-91d0-46469f3ba0b9
Severity Medium
Tactics Persistence
Techniques T1078
Required Connectors AWS
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Tables Used

This content item queries data from the following tables:

Table Selection Criteria Transformations Ingestion API Lake-Only
AWSCloudTrail EventName == "CreateAccessKey" ?

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