persistence_rds_cluster_creation.toml

[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/05/20"
integration = ["aws"]
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2024/05/21"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies the creation of a new Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Aurora DB cluster or global database spread
across multiple regions.
"""
false_positives = [
    """
    Valid clusters may be created by a system or network administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent,
    and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Cluster creations by unfamiliar users or hosts should
    be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
    """,
]
from = "now-60m"
index = ["filebeat-*", "logs-aws.cloudtrail-*"]
interval = "10m"
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "AWS RDS Cluster Creation"
note = """## Setup

The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule."""
references = [
    "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/create-db-cluster.html",
    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDBCluster.html",
    "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/create-global-cluster.html",
    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_CreateGlobalCluster.html",
]
risk_score = 21
rule_id = "e14c5fd7-fdd7-49c2-9e5b-ec49d817bc8d"
severity = "low"
tags = [
    "Domain: Cloud",
    "Data Source: AWS",
    "Data Source: Amazon Web Services",
    "Data Source: AWS RDS",
    "Use Case: Asset Visibility",
    "Tactic: Persistence",
]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "query"

query = '''
event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:rds.amazonaws.com and event.action:(CreateDBCluster or CreateGlobalCluster) and event.outcome:success
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1133"
name = "External Remote Services"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1133/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"

[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"