Sigma rule: AWS EC2 VM Export Failure

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-8f999aa0ff7d, updated 2022-10-05T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
AWS EC2 VM Export Failure
Status
test
Level
low
Author
Diogo Braz
Date
2020-04-16
Modified
2022-10-05
File
rules/cloud/aws/cloudtrail/aws_ec2_vm_export_failure.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

An attempt to export an AWS EC2 instance has been detected. A VM Export might indicate an attempt to extract information from an instance.

Log source

product
aws
service
cloudtrail

Detection

selection:
    eventName: 'CreateInstanceExportTask'
    eventSource: 'ec2.amazonaws.com'
filter1:
    errorMessage|contains: '*'
filter2:
    errorCode|contains: '*'
filter3:
    responseElements|contains: 'Failure'
condition: selection and not 1 of filter*

Tags

  • attack.collection
  • attack.t1005
  • attack.exfiltration
  • attack.t1537

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/aws/cloudtrail/aws_ec2_vm_export_failure.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "AWS EC2 VM Export Failure" by Diogo Braz (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/aws/cloudtrail/aws_ec2_vm_export_failure.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: AWS EC2 VM Export Failure",
entity page, dataset version ref-8f999aa0ff7d, updated 2022-10-05T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/54b9a76a-3c71-4673-b4b3-2edb4566ea7b (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 54b9a76a-3c71-4673-b4b3-2edb4566ea7b, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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