AWS EC2 VM Export Failure

testlow
log source: aws · cloudtrailauthor Diogo Brazdate 2020-04-16
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description

What this is, in brief.

An attempt to export an AWS EC2 instance has been detected. A VM Export might indicate an attempt to extract information from an instance.

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tags

attack.collectionattack.t1005attack.exfiltrationattack.t1537
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rule source (YAML)

title: AWS EC2 VM Export Failure
id: 54b9a76a-3c71-4673-b4b3-2edb4566ea7b
status: test
description: An attempt to export an AWS EC2 instance has been detected. A VM Export might indicate an attempt to extract information from an instance.
references:
    - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmexport.html#export-instance
author: Diogo Braz
date: 2020-04-16
modified: 2022-10-05
tags:
    - attack.collection
    - attack.t1005
    - attack.exfiltration
    - attack.t1537
logsource:
    product: aws
    service: cloudtrail
detection:
    selection:
        eventName: 'CreateInstanceExportTask'
        eventSource: 'ec2.amazonaws.com'
    filter1:
        errorMessage|contains: '*'
    filter2:
        errorCode|contains: '*'
    filter3:
        responseElements|contains: 'Failure'
    condition: selection and not 1 of filter*
level: low
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detects techniques (2)

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.