Elastic Security Detection Rules

AWS EC2 VM Export Failure

Last updated 6 months ago on 2025-01-15
Created 4 years ago on 2021-04-22

About

Identifies an attempt to export an AWS EC2 instance. A virtual machine (VM) export may indicate an attempt to extract or exfiltrate information.
Tags
Domain: CloudData Source: AWSData Source: Amazon Web ServicesUse Case: Asset VisibilityTactic: ExfiltrationTactic: CollectionLanguage: kuery
Severity
low
Risk Score
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

Exfiltration (TA0010)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537)(opens in a new tab or window)

Collection (TA0009)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Data from Local System (T1005)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
VM exports may be done by a system or network administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. VM exports from unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-aws.cloudtrail-*
Related Integrations

aws(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:ec2.amazonaws.com and event.action:CreateInstanceExportTask and event.outcome:failure

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect AWS EC2 VM Export Failure 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(opens in a new tab or window).