GCP Admin Privileged Roles Added To Service Accounts

// Copyright 2024 Google LLC. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

 rule gcp_admin_privileged_roles_added_to_service_accounts {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Detect when admin privileged roles such as Owner or Editor are added to a Service Account."
    rule_id = "mr_9ffebc73-6d73-40bd-8973-2d53a810272f"
    rule_name = "GCP Admin Privileged Roles Added To Service Accounts"
    mitre_attack_tactic = "Persistence, Privilege Escalation"
    mitre_attack_technique = "Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Roles"
    mitre_attack_url = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/003/"
    mitre_attack_version = "v14.1"
    type = "Alert"
    data_source = "GCP Cloud Audit"
    platform = "GCP"
    severity = "Low"
    priority = "Low"

  events:
    $gcp.metadata.event_type = "USER_RESOURCE_UPDATE_PERMISSIONS"
    $gcp.metadata.log_type = "GCP_CLOUDAUDIT"
    $gcp.metadata.product_event_type = "SetIamPolicy"
    $gcp.security_result.action = "ALLOW"
    $gcp.target.resource.attribute.labels["ser_binding_deltas_action"] = "ADD"
    $gcp.target.resource.attribute.labels["ser_binding_deltas_role"] = /roles\/owner.*|roles\/editor.*/ nocase
    $gcp.target.resource.attribute.labels["ser_binding_deltas_member"] = /^serviceAccount/ nocase

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max(35)
    $mitre_attack_tactic = "Persistence, Privilege Escalation"
    $mitre_attack_technique = "Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Roles"
    $mitre_attack_technique_id = "T1098.003"
    $event_count = count_distinct($gcp.metadata.id)
    $network_http_user_agent = array_distinct($gcp.network.http.user_agent)
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($gcp.principal.ip)
    $principal_ip_country = array_distinct($gcp.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
    $principal_ip_state = array_distinct($gcp.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
    $principal_user_id = $gcp.principal.user.userid
    $principal_user_display_name = $gcp.principal.user.user_display_name
    $target_resource_name = $gcp.target.resource.name
    $event_name = $gcp.metadata.product_event_type
    $target_email_addresses = array_distinct($gcp.target.user.email_addresses)

  condition:
    $gcp
}