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Agent skill

Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation

by mukul975 in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills

Detect AWS IAM privilege escalation paths using boto3 and Cloudsplaining policy analysis to identify overly permissive policies, dangerous permission combinations, and least-privilege violations

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedSecurity

Install Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation .claude/skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation
GitHub stars
34k
Token cost
~609 tokens
SKILL.md length
220 words
Files
4 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
644
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Detect AWS IAM privilege escalation paths using boto3 and Cloudsplaining policy analysis to identify overly permissive policies, dangerous permission combinations, and least-privilege violations

  • Works in 6 steps: Download IAM Authorization Details —… → Analyze Policies for Privilege… → Identify Wildcard Resource Policies —… → …
  • Tasks that involve Red teaming and adversary simulation
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Prerequisites and Steps, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills. Detect AWS IAM privilege escalation paths using boto3 and Cloudsplaining policy analysis to identify overly permissive policies, dangerous permission combinations, and least-privilege violations

Its SKILL.md is about 610 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/api-reference.md` and `scripts/agent.py`).

It sits in Security, covering Red teaming and adversary simulation. It works with Amazon Web Services. The repository describes itself as: 817 structured cybersecurity skills for AI agents · Mapped to 6 frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF 2.0, MITRE ATLAS, D3FEND, NIST AI RMF & MITRE F3 (Fight Fraud) · agentskills.io…. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Red teaming and adversary simulation

Example prompts

  • “/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Download IAM Authorization Details — Call iam:GetAccountAuthorizationDetails to retrieve all users, groups, roles, and policies
  2. Analyze Policies for Privilege Escalation — Check each policy for known escalation permission combinations
  3. Identify Wildcard Resource Policies — Flag policies using Resource: "*" with dangerous actions
  4. Map Principal-to-Policy Relationships — Build a graph of which principals can access which escalation paths
  5. Score and Prioritize Findings — Rank findings by severity based on escalation vector type
  6. Generate Report — Produce structured JSON report with remediation guidance

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 54a7988. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation loads about 609 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 220 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~609
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills at commit 54a7988, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mukul975). 220 words, ~609 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation
description
Detect AWS IAM privilege escalation paths using boto3 and Cloudsplaining policy analysis to identify overly permissive policies, dangerous permission combinations, and least-privilege violations
domain
cybersecurity
subdomain
cloud-security
tags
aws, iam, privilege-escalation, cloudsplaining, boto3, policy-analysis, least-privilege
version
1.0
author
mahipal
license
Apache-2.0
nist_csf
PR.IR-01, ID.AM-08, GV.SC-06, DE.CM-01
mitre_attack
T1098.001, T1098.003, T1078.004, T1548.005, T1484

Detecting AWS IAM Privilege Escalation

Overview

This skill uses boto3 and Cloudsplaining-style analysis to identify IAM privilege escalation paths in AWS accounts. It downloads the account authorization details, analyzes each policy for dangerous permission combinations (iam:PassRole + lambda:CreateFunction, iam:CreatePolicyVersion, sts:AssumeRole), and flags policies that violate least-privilege principles.

When to Use

  • When investigating security incidents that require detecting aws iam privilege escalation
  • When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
  • When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
  • When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.8+ with boto3 library
  • AWS credentials with IAM read-only access (iam:GetAccountAuthorizationDetails)
  • Optional: cloudsplaining Python package for HTML report generation

Steps

  1. Download IAM Authorization Details — Call iam:GetAccountAuthorizationDetails to retrieve all users, groups, roles, and policies
  2. Analyze Policies for Privilege Escalation — Check each policy for known escalation permission combinations
  3. Identify Wildcard Resource Policies — Flag policies using Resource: "*" with dangerous actions
  4. Map Principal-to-Policy Relationships — Build a graph of which principals can access which escalation paths
  5. Score and Prioritize Findings — Rank findings by severity based on escalation vector type
  6. Generate Report — Produce structured JSON report with remediation guidance

Expected Output

  • JSON report of privilege escalation findings with severity scores
  • List of dangerous permission combinations per principal
  • Wildcard resource policy audit results
  • Remediation recommendations for each finding

© mukul975, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references) in skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation of mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • LICENSE
  • references/api-reference.md
  • scripts/agent.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 54a7988

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Questions about Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation

What does Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation do?

Detect AWS IAM privilege escalation paths using boto3 and Cloudsplaining policy analysis to identify overly permissive policies, dangerous permission combinations, and least-privilege violations. Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation is an agent skill from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills.

When should I use Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation?

Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation fits situations like: tasks that involve Red teaming and adversary simulation.

How do I install Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .claude/skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) into .agents/skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation, .gemini/skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation, .github/skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation and .opencode/skills/detecting-aws-iam-privilege-escalation in your project.

What does Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation use?

Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation use?

About 609 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 560 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation?

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Who maintains Detecting AWS Iam Privilege Escalation?

mukul975 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, which has 34,116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 644 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 31, 2026.

Source: mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.