AWSCloudTrail - IAM Privilege Escalation by Instance Profile Attachment

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Identifies RemoveRoleFromInstanceProfile followed by AddRoleToInstanceProfile from the same source and identity, which may indicate privilege escalation by attaching a higher-privileged role to an instance profile. AWS Instance Profile: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_use_switch-role-ec2_instance-profiles.html

Attribute Value
Type Hunting Query
Solution Amazon Web Services
ID e1a91db8-f2b3-4531-bff6-da133d4f4f1a
Tactics PrivilegeEscalation
Techniques T1098
Required Connectors AWS, AWSS3
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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 in "AddRoleToInstanceProfile,RemoveRoleFromInstanceProfile"

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