Detection rules › YARA-L
GCP Admin Privileged Roles Added To Service Accounts
Detect when admin privileged roles such as Owner or Editor are added to a Service Account.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence | T1098.003 Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Roles |
| Privilege Escalation | T1098.003 Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Roles |
Rules detecting the same action
Other rules on this platform that filter on the same API call or operation.
Rule body yaral
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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
}
Detection logic
Fires when at least one $gcp event.
Events
$gcp
metadata.log_type = "GCP_CLOUDAUDIT"metadata.product_event_type = "SetIamPolicy"security_result.action = "ALLOW"target.resource.attribute.labels["ser_binding_deltas_action"] = "ADD"target.resource.attribute.labels["ser_binding_deltas_role"] matches "roles\/owner.*|roles\/editor.*"target.resource.attribute.labels["ser_binding_deltas_member"] matches "^serviceAccount"
Outcome
Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | max(35) |
event_count | count_distinct($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) |