Persistence (TA0003)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Privilege Escalation (TA0004)(external, opens in a new tab or window)
text code block:FROM logs-kubernetes.audit_logs-* metadata _id, _index, _version | WHERE kubernetes.audit.objectRef.resource in ("roles", "clusterroles") and kubernetes.audit.verb in ("create", "update", "patch") and `kubernetes.audit.annotations.authorization_k8s_io/decision` == "allow" and kubernetes.audit.level == "RequestResponse" and kubernetes.audit.stage == "ResponseComplete" and not kubernetes.audit.sourceIPs in ("::1", "127.0.0.1") and not (user.name like "eks:*" and kubernetes.audit.objectRef.name like "eks:*") and not (user.name == "aksService" and event.action == "create" and kubernetes.audit.objectRef.name like "aks:*") and not (user.name == "system:serviceaccount:kube-system:clusterrole-aggregation-controller" and kubernetes.audit.objectRef.name in ("admin", "edit") and event.action == "patch") and ( // using requestObject KQL(""" kubernetes.audit.requestObject.rules.verbs:("*" or "escalate" or "bind" or "impersonate") """) or KQL(""" kubernetes.audit.requestObject.rules.verbs: ("*" or "create" or "patch" or "update") and kubernetes.audit.requestObject.rules.resources:("*" or "clusterroles" or "clusterrolebindings" or "roles" or "rolebindings" or "pods/exec" or "serviceaccounts/token" or "nodes/proxy" or "daemonsets") """) or KQL(""" kubernetes.audit.requestObject.rules.verbs: ("*" or "get" or "list") and kubernetes.audit.requestObject.rules.resources:("*" or "secrets") """) or // using responseObject KQL(""" kubernetes.audit.responseObject.rules.verbs:("*" or "escalate" or "bind" or "impersonate") """) or KQL(""" kubernetes.audit.responseObject.rules.verbs: ("*" or "create" or "patch" or "update") and kubernetes.audit.responseObject.rules.resources:("*" or "clusterroles" or "clusterrolebindings" or "roles" or "rolebindings" or "pods/exec" or "serviceaccounts/token" or "nodes/proxy" or "daemonsets") """) or KQL(""" kubernetes.audit.responseObject.rules.verbs: ("*" or "get" or "list") and kubernetes.audit.responseObject.rules.resources:("*" or "secrets") """) ) | keep user.name, user_agent.original, event.action, source.ip, kubernetes.audit.verb, kubernetes.audit.objectRef.resource, kubernetes.audit.objectRef.name, kubernetes.audit.requestURI, kubernetes.audit.user.username, kubernetes.audit.user.groups, `kubernetes.audit.annotations.authorization_k8s_io/decision`, event.original, _id, _version, _index, data_stream.namespace
Install detection rules in Elastic Security
Detect Kubernetes Creation or Modification of Sensitive Role in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.
To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).