title: AWS RDS Master Password Change
id: 8a63cdd4-6207-414a-85bc-7e032bd3c1a2
status: experimental
description: Detects the change of database master password. It may be a part of data exfiltration.
author: faloker
date: 2020/02/12
modified: 2021/08/20
references:
    - https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/pacu/blob/master/pacu/modules/rds__explore_snapshots/main.py
logsource:
    product: aws
    service: cloudtrail
detection:
    selection_source:
        eventSource: rds.amazonaws.com
        responseElements.pendingModifiedValues.masterUserPassword: '*'
        eventName: ModifyDBInstance
    condition: selection_source
falsepositives:
    - Benign changes to a db instance
level: medium
tags:
    - attack.exfiltration
    - attack.t1020