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Suspicious Login from deleted guest account

Severity
medium
Time window
1d
Group by
ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, ParsedUserPrincipalName, UserPrincipalName
Author
Microsoft Security Research
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

This query will detect logins from guest account which was recently deleted. For any successful logins from deleted identities should be investigated further if any existing user accounts have been altered or linked to such identity prior deletion

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Privilege Escalation

Telemetry coverage

Rules detecting the same action

These rules filter on the same operation.

Rule body

id: defe4855-0d33-4362-9557-009237623976
name: Suspicious Login from deleted guest account
description: |
  ' This query will detect logins from guest account which was recently deleted. 
  For any successful logins from deleted identities should be investigated further if any existing user accounts have been altered or linked to such identity prior deletion'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
    dataTypes:
      - AuditLogs
  - connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
    dataTypes:
      - SigninLogs
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - PrivilegeEscalation
relevantTechniques:
  - T1078.004
tags:
  - GuestorExternalIdentities
query: |
  let query_frequency = 1h;
  let query_period = 1d;
  AuditLogs
  | where TimeGenerated > ago(query_frequency)
  | where Category =~ "UserManagement" and OperationName =~ "Delete user"
  | mv-expand TargetResource = TargetResources
  | where TargetResource["type"] == "User" and TargetResource["userPrincipalName"] has "#EXT#"
  | extend ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName = extract(@"^[0-9a-f]{32}([^\#]+)\#EXT\#", 1, tostring(TargetResource["userPrincipalName"]))
  | extend
      Initiator = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["displayName"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["userPrincipalName"])),
      InitiatorId = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["servicePrincipalId"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["id"])),
      Delete_IPAddress = tostring(InitiatedBy[tostring(bag_keys(InitiatedBy)[0])]["ipAddress"])
  | project Delete_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, Category, Identity, Initiator, Delete_IPAddress, OperationName, Result, ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, InitiatedBy, AdditionalDetails, TargetResources, InitiatorId, CorrelationId
  | join kind=inner (
      SigninLogs
      | where TimeGenerated > ago(query_period)
      | where ResultType == 0
      | summarize take_any(*) by UserPrincipalName
      | extend ParsedUserPrincipalName = translate("@", "_", UserPrincipalName)
      | project SigninLogs_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, UserPrincipalName, UserDisplayName, ResultType, ResultDescription, IPAddress, LocationDetails, AppDisplayName, ResourceDisplayName, ClientAppUsed, UserAgent, DeviceDetail, UserId, UserType, OriginalRequestId, ParsedUserPrincipalName
      ) on $left.ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName == $right.ParsedUserPrincipalName
  | where SigninLogs_TimeGenerated > Delete_TimeGenerated
  | project-away ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, ParsedUserPrincipalName
  | extend
      AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]),
      AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: UserPrincipalName
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: IPAddress
version: 1.0.5
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Microsoft Security Research
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - Others", "Identity" ]

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let query_frequency = 1h;
let query_period = 1d;

Stage 1: source

AuditLogs

Stage 2: where

| where TimeGenerated > ago(query_frequency)

Stage 3: where

| where Category =~ "UserManagement" and OperationName =~ "Delete user"

Stage 4: mv-expand

| mv-expand TargetResource = TargetResources

Stage 5: where

| where TargetResource["type"] == "User" and TargetResource["userPrincipalName"] has "#EXT#"

Stage 6: extend

| extend ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName = extract(@"^[0-9a-f]{32}([^\#]+)\#EXT\#", 1, tostring(TargetResource["userPrincipalName"]))

Stage 7: extend

| extend
    Initiator = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["displayName"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["userPrincipalName"])),
    InitiatorId = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["servicePrincipalId"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["id"])),
    Delete_IPAddress = tostring(InitiatedBy[tostring(bag_keys(InitiatedBy)[0])]["ipAddress"])

Stage 8: project

| project Delete_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, Category, Identity, Initiator, Delete_IPAddress, OperationName, Result, ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, InitiatedBy, AdditionalDetails, TargetResources, InitiatorId, CorrelationId

Stage 9: join

| join kind=inner (
    SigninLogs
    | where TimeGenerated > ago(query_period)
    | where ResultType == 0
    | summarize take_any(*) by UserPrincipalName
    | extend ParsedUserPrincipalName = translate("@", "_", UserPrincipalName)
    | project SigninLogs_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, UserPrincipalName, UserDisplayName, ResultType, ResultDescription, IPAddress, LocationDetails, AppDisplayName, ResourceDisplayName, ClientAppUsed, UserAgent, DeviceDetail, UserId, UserType, OriginalRequestId, ParsedUserPrincipalName
    ) on $left.ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName == $right.ParsedUserPrincipalName

Stage 10: where

| where SigninLogs_TimeGenerated > Delete_TimeGenerated

Stage 11: project-away

| project-away ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, ParsedUserPrincipalName

Stage 12: extend

| extend
    AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]),
    AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])

Stage 13: summarize aggregation inside the join branch

summarize by UserPrincipalName

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
UserPrincipalNamesummarize