Potential Amazon SSM Agent Hijacking
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects potential Amazon SSM agent hijack attempts as outlined in the Mitiga research report.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\amazon-ssm-agent.exe" AND (COMMANDLINE contains "-register " AND COMMANDLINE contains "-code " AND COMMANDLINE contains "-id " AND COMMANDLINE contains "-region ") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Windows
Author
Muhammad Faisal
