Detection rules › Kusto

Bulk Changes to Privileged Account Permissions

Status
available
Severity
high
Time window
1h
Group by
TimeGenerated, TimeWindow
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Identifies when changes to multiple users permissions are changed at once. Investigate immediately if not a planned change. This setting could enable an attacker access to Azure subscriptions in your environment. Ref : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/security-operations-privileged-identity-management

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Privilege Escalation

Telemetry coverage

Rules detecting the same action

These rules filter on the same operation.

Rule body

id: 218f60de-c269-457a-b882-9966632b9dc6
name: Bulk Changes to Privileged Account Permissions
description: |
  'Identifies when changes to multiple users permissions are changed at once. Investigate immediately if not a planned change. This setting could enable an attacker access to Azure subscriptions in your environment.
  Ref : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/security-operations-privileged-identity-management'
severity: High
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
    dataTypes:
      - AuditLogs
queryFrequency: 2h
queryPeriod: 2h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
status: Available
tactics:
  - PrivilegeEscalation
relevantTechniques:
  - T1078.004
tags:
  - AADSecOpsGuide
query: |
  let AdminRecords = AuditLogs
  | where Category =~ "RoleManagement"
  | where ActivityDisplayName has_any ("Add eligible member to role", "Add member to role")
  | mv-apply TargetResource = TargetResources on 
    (
        where TargetResource.type =~ "User"
        | extend TargetUserPrincipalName = tostring(TargetResource.userPrincipalName),
                 props = TargetResource.modifiedProperties
    )
  | mv-apply Property = props on 
    (
        where Property.displayName =~ "Role.DisplayName"
        | extend RoleName = trim('"',tostring(Property.newValue))
    )
  | where RoleName contains "Admin";
  AdminRecords
  | summarize dcount(TargetUserPrincipalName) by bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)
  | where dcount_TargetUserPrincipalName > 9
  | join kind=rightsemi  (
    AdminRecords
    | extend TimeWindow = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)
  ) on $left.TimeGenerated == $right.TimeWindow
  | extend InitiatedByUser = iff(isnotempty(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName), tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName), "")
  | extend InitiatingAppName = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.displayName)
  | extend InitiatingAppServicePrincipalId = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.servicePrincipalId)
  | extend InitiatingUserPrincipalName = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName)
  | extend InitiatingAadUserId = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.id)
  | extend InitiatingIpAddress = tostring(iff(isnotempty(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress), InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress, InitiatedBy.app.ipAddress))
  | extend TargetName = tostring(split(TargetUserPrincipalName,'@',0)[0]), TargetUPNSuffix = tostring(split(TargetUserPrincipalName,'@',1)[0])
  | extend InitiatingAccountName = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: InitiatingAppName
      - identifier: AadUserId
        columnName: InitiatingAppServicePrincipalId
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: TargetUserPrincipalName
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: TargetName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: TargetUPNSuffix
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: InitiatingUserPrincipalName
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: InitiatingAccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: AadUserId
        columnName: InitiatingAadUserId
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: InitiatingIpAddress
customDetails:
    InitiatedByUser: InitiatedByUser
    TargetUser: TargetUserPrincipalName
version: 1.0.7
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

let AdminRecords is inlined into the numbered stages below.

Stage 0: let

let AdminRecords = AuditLogs <inlined as stages below>;

Stages 1 to 6 define let AdminRecords (the rule's main pipeline source); stages 7 to 10 run on it.

Stage 1: source

AuditLogs

Stage 2: where

| where Category =~ "RoleManagement"

Stage 3: where

| where ActivityDisplayName has_any ("Add eligible member to role", "Add member to role")

Stage 4: kusto:mv-apply

| mv-apply TargetResource = TargetResources on 
  (
      where TargetResource.type =~ "User"
      | extend TargetUserPrincipalName = tostring(TargetResource.userPrincipalName),
               props = TargetResource.modifiedProperties
  )

Stage 5: kusto:mv-apply

| mv-apply Property = props on 
  (
      where Property.displayName =~ "Role.DisplayName"
      | extend RoleName = trim('"',tostring(Property.newValue))
  )

Stage 6: where

| where RoleName contains "Admin"

Stage 7: summarize

AdminRecords
| summarize dcount(TargetUserPrincipalName) by bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)

Stage 8: where

| where dcount_TargetUserPrincipalName > 9

Stage 9: join

| join kind=rightsemi  (
  AdminRecords
  | extend TimeWindow = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)
) on $left.TimeGenerated == $right.TimeWindow

Stage 10: extend (8 consecutive steps)

| extend InitiatedByUser = iff(isnotempty(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName), tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName), "")
| extend InitiatingAppName = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.displayName)
| extend InitiatingAppServicePrincipalId = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.servicePrincipalId)
| extend InitiatingUserPrincipalName = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName)
| extend InitiatingAadUserId = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.id)
| extend InitiatingIpAddress = tostring(iff(isnotempty(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress), InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress, InitiatedBy.app.ipAddress))
| extend TargetName = tostring(split(TargetUserPrincipalName,'@',0)[0]), TargetUPNSuffix = tostring(split(TargetUserPrincipalName,'@',1)[0])
| extend InitiatingAccountName = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
InitiatedByUser =
ifisnotempty(userPrincipalName)tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName)
else""

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
InitiatedByUserextend
InitiatingAppNameextend
InitiatingAppServicePrincipalIdextend
InitiatingUserPrincipalNameextend
InitiatingAadUserIdextend
InitiatingIpAddressextend
TargetNameextend
TargetUPNSuffixextend
InitiatingAccountNameextend
InitiatingAccountUPNSuffixextend