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Elevation of Privilege attempt detected

Status
available
Severity
high
Time window
1d
Group by
SourceIp, ThreatCategory
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Identifies Elevation of Privilege attempt Azure Firewall IDPS logs.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial Access
Credential Access

Rule body

id: 7a0f78b3-9a55-4ad0-a56d-b6616fdbff6a
name: Elevation of Privilege attempt detected
description: |
  Identifies Elevation of Privilege attempt Azure Firewall IDPS logs.
severity: High
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AzureFirewall
    dataTypes:
      - AZFWIdpsSignature
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 24h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
  - CredentialAccess
relevantTechniques:
  - T1078
  - T1110
query: |
  let TimeWindow   = 90d;    // How far back to look 
  let HitThreshold = 10;     // Minimum hits to alert per SourceIp + Category
  let MinSeverity  = 1;      // Set Minimum Severity
  // Feature flags for optional filters
  let EnableCategoryFilter    = true;   // Filter 1
  let EnableDescriptionFilter = false;  // Filter 2
  let EnableActionFilter      = false;  // Filter 3
  // Filter 1: Categories of interest
  let CategoriesOfInterest = dynamic([
      "Attempted User Privilege Gain",
      "Unsuccessful User Privilege Gain",
      "Successful User Privilege Gain",
      "Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain",
      "Successful Administrator Privilege Gain"
  ]);
  // Filter 2: Descriptions of interest
  let DescriptionsOfInterest = dynamic([
      "attempted-user",
      "unsuccessful-user",
      "successful-user",
      "attempted-admin",
      "successful-admin"
  ]);
  // Filter 3: Action match
  let MatchActions = dynamic(["Deny", "alert"]);
  AZFWIdpsSignature
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(TimeWindow)
  | where Severity >= MinSeverity
  // Filter 1: Category filter (optional)
  | where (EnableCategoryFilter == false) or (Category has_any (CategoriesOfInterest))
  // Filter 2: Description filter (optional)
  | where (EnableDescriptionFilter == false) or (Description has_any (DescriptionsOfInterest))
  // Filter 3: Action filter (optional)
  | where (EnableActionFilter == false) or (Action in~ (MatchActions))
  | summarize
      StartTime   = min(TimeGenerated),
      EndTime     = max(TimeGenerated),
      TotalHits   = count(),
      MaxSeverity = max(Severity),
      Actions     = make_set(Action, 5),
      Signatures  = make_set(SignatureId, 20),
      Description = make_set(substring(tostring(Description), 0, 120), 3)
      by SourceIp, ThreatCategory = Category
  | where TotalHits >= HitThreshold
  | project
      StartTime,
      EndTime,
      SourceIp,
      ThreatCategory,
      TotalHits,
      MaxSeverity,
      Actions,
      Signatures,
      Description
  | order by MaxSeverity desc, TotalHits desc
entityMappings:
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: SourceIp
version: 1.0.1
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let TimeWindow = 90d;
let HitThreshold = 10;
let MinSeverity = 1;
let EnableCategoryFilter = true;
let EnableDescriptionFilter = false;
let EnableActionFilter = false;
let MatchActions = dynamic(["Deny", "alert"]);

Let binding: CategoriesOfInterest used in Stage 4

let CategoriesOfInterest = dynamic([
    "Attempted User Privilege Gain",
    "Unsuccessful User Privilege Gain",
    "Successful User Privilege Gain",
    "Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain",
    "Successful Administrator Privilege Gain"
]);

Let binding: DescriptionsOfInterest used in Stage 5

let DescriptionsOfInterest = dynamic([
    "attempted-user",
    "unsuccessful-user",
    "successful-user",
    "attempted-admin",
    "successful-admin"
]);

Stage 1: source

AZFWIdpsSignature

Stage 2: where

| where TimeGenerated >= ago(TimeWindow)

Stage 3: where

| where Severity >= MinSeverity

Stage 4: where

| where (EnableCategoryFilter == false) or (Category has_any (CategoriesOfInterest))

Stage 5: where

| where (EnableDescriptionFilter == false) or (Description has_any (DescriptionsOfInterest))

Stage 6: where

| where (EnableActionFilter == false) or (Action in~ (MatchActions))

Stage 7: summarize

| summarize
    StartTime   = min(TimeGenerated),
    EndTime     = max(TimeGenerated),
    TotalHits   = count(),
    MaxSeverity = max(Severity),
    Actions     = make_set(Action, 5),
    Signatures  = make_set(SignatureId, 20),
    Description = make_set(substring(tostring(Description), 0, 120), 3)
    by SourceIp, ThreatCategory = Category

Stage 8: where

| where TotalHits >= HitThreshold

Stage 9: project

| project
    StartTime,
    EndTime,
    SourceIp,
    ThreatCategory,
    TotalHits,
    MaxSeverity,
    Actions,
    Signatures,
    Description

Stage 10: sort

| order by MaxSeverity desc, TotalHits desc

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
Actionin
  • Deny
  • alert
field:"Action" kind:in
Categorymatch
  • Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain transforms: term
  • Attempted User Privilege Gain transforms: term
  • Successful Administrator Privilege Gain transforms: term
  • Successful User Privilege Gain transforms: term
  • Unsuccessful User Privilege Gain transforms: term
field:"Category" kind:match
Descriptionmatch
  • attempted-admin transforms: term
  • attempted-user transforms: term
  • successful-admin transforms: term
  • successful-user transforms: term
  • unsuccessful-user transforms: term
field:"Description" kind:match
Severityge
  • 1
field:"Severity" kind:ge value:"1"
TotalHitsge
  • 10
field:"TotalHits" kind:ge value:"10"

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
Actionsproject
Descriptionproject
EndTimeproject
MaxSeverityproject
Signaturesproject
SourceIpproject
StartTimeproject
ThreatCategoryproject
TotalHitsproject