AWSCloudTrail - IAM Assume Role Brute Force

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Identify repeated failed AssumeRole attempts against existing IAM roles, which may indicate privilege escalation or lateral movement using a compromised identity.

Attribute Value
Type Hunting Query
Solution Amazon Web Services
ID 2b8cecfe-f705-432d-9f38-08207b9473e1
Severity High
Tactics CredentialAccess, PrivilegeEscalation
Techniques T1110.001, T1098.003
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 ErrorMessage == "AccessDenied"
EventName == "AssumeRole"

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