AWS Access Secret in Secrets Manager
editAWS Access Secret in Secrets Manager
editAn adversary may attempt to access the secrets in AWS Secrets Manager to steal certificates, credentials, or other sensitive material.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-aws*
Severity: high
Risk score: 73
Runs every: 10 minutes
Searches indices from: now-60m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Cloud
- AWS
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Data Protection
Version: 4 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Rule authors: Nick Jones, Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Potential false positives
editVerify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be using GetSecretString API for the specified SecretId. If a known behavior is causing false positives, it can be excluded from the rule.
Investigation guide
editThe AWS Filebeat module must be enabled to use this rule.
Rule query
editevent.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:secretsmanager.amazonaws.com and event.action:GetSecretValue
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: Steal Application Access Token
- ID: T1528
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1528/
Rule version history
edit- Version 4 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only