CreateLoginProfile
AWS
CreateLoginProfile
Event
Creates a password for an IAM user, enabling them to sign into the AWS Management Console.
Security Context
- Account manipulation is a primary persistence technique, allowing adversaries to maintain access through modified permissions or credentials.
Log Source
CloudTrail
Sample Event
Adversarial. Draco — having compromised a session that holds iam:CreateLoginProfile — adds a console password to a previously-programmatic-only IAM user (luna, the new-user persona). This converts a service-account-style identity into one that the adversary can sign in to via the console — useful for re-establishing access without a CLI fingerprint, and for blending in with normal user sessions.
{ "eventVersion": "1.09", "userIdentity": { "type": "IAMUser", "principalId": "AIDADRAC0MALF0YBADGY", "arn": "arn:aws:iam::555123456789:user/draco", "accountId": "555123456789", "accessKeyId": "AKIADRAC0MALF0YEXAMP5", "userName": "draco", "sessionContext": { "attributes": { "creationDate": "2026-04-15T18:51:02Z", "mfaAuthenticated": "false" } } }, "eventTime": "2026-04-15T23:33:25Z", "eventSource": "iam.amazonaws.com", "eventName": "CreateLoginProfile", "awsRegion": "us-east-1", "sourceIPAddress": "203.0.113.66", "userAgent": "aws-cli/1.18.147 Python/3.7.10 Linux/5.4.0-1045-aws botocore/1.18.6", "requestParameters": { "userName": "luna", "password": "HIDDEN_DUE_TO_SECURITY_REASONS", "passwordResetRequired": false }, "responseElements": { "loginProfile": { "userName": "luna", "createDate": "Apr 15, 2026, 11:33:25 PM", "passwordResetRequired": false } }, "requestID": "90000000-0000-4000-8000-000010010000", "eventID": "90000000-0000-4000-8000-000010010001", "readOnly": false, "eventType": "AwsApiCall", "managementEvent": true, "recipientAccountId": "555123456789", "eventCategory": "Management", "tlsDetails": { "tlsVersion": "TLSv1.3", "cipherSuite": "TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256", "clientProvidedHostHeader": "iam.amazonaws.com" }}MITRE ATT&CK Mapping
Tactics: Persistence Privilege Escalation
Techniques:
- T1098 — Account Manipulation — Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain and/or elevate access to victim systems. Account manipulation may consist of any action that preserves or modifies adversary access to a compromised account, such as modifying credentials or permission groups. These actions could also include accoun...