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sap sensitive role assignment correlation
Correlates SAP Change Documents with Security Audit logs to detect sensitive role assignments and self-assignments.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation | T1098 Account Manipulation |
Rule body yaral
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rule sap_sensitive_role_assignment_correlation {
meta:
author = "Google Cloud Security"
description = "Correlates SAP Change Documents with Security Audit logs to detect sensitive role assignments and self-assignments."
severity = "Medium"
tactic = "TA0004"
technique = "T1098"
events:
$change.metadata.log_type = "SAP_CHANGE_DOCUMENT"
$change.target.resource.name = "PFCG"
$change.target.resource.attribute.labels["TABNAME"] = "AGR_USERS"
$change.target.resource.attribute.labels["CHANGE_IND"] = "I"
$client = $change.target.resource.attribute.labels["MANDANT"]
$target_user = $change.target.resource.attribute.labels["TABKEY"]
//joining on user value
$user = $change.principal.user.userid
$user = $audit.principal.user.userid
$audit.metadata.log_type = "SAP_SECURITY_AUDIT"
$client = $audit.target.resource.attribute.labels["slgmand"]
not $user in %sap_admin_users.user
match:
$user, $client over 30m
outcome:
$assigned_role = array_distinct($change.target.resource.product_object_id)
$principal_ip = array_distinct($audit.principal.ip)
$audit_description = array_distinct($audit.metadata.description)
condition:
$change and $audit
}
Detection logic
Fires when at least one $change event in the 30m window and at least one $audit event in the 30m window.
Events
$audit
metadata.log_type = "SAP_SECURITY_AUDIT"
$change
metadata.log_type = "SAP_CHANGE_DOCUMENT"target.resource.name = "PFCG"target.resource.attribute.labels["TABNAME"] = "AGR_USERS"target.resource.attribute.labels["CHANGE_IND"] = "I"principal.user.userid in "%sap_admin_users.user"
Correlation
Outcome
Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
assigned_role | array_distinct($change.target.resource.product_object_id) |
principal_ip | array_distinct($audit.principal.ip) |
audit_description | array_distinct($audit.metadata.description) |