SigmaHQ/rules/cloud/aws_ec2_startup_script_change.yml

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title: AWS EC2 Startup Shell Script Change
id: 1ab3c5ed-5baf-417b-bb6b-78ca33f6c3df
status: experimental
description: Detects changes to the EC2 instance startup script. The shell script will be executed as root/SYSTEM every time the specific instances are booted up.
author: faloker
date: 2020/02/12
modified: 2020/09/01
references:
- https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/pacu/blob/master/modules/ec2__startup_shell_script/main.py#L9
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: ec2.amazonaws.com
selection_userdata:
- requestParameters.userData: "*"
selection_eventname:
- eventName: ModifyInstanceAttribute
condition: all of them
falsepositives:
- Valid changes to the startup script
level: high
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1059.001
- attack.t1086 # an old one
- attack.t1059.003
- attack.t1059.004
- attack.t1059 # an old one
- attack.t1064 # an old one