Detection rules › Kusto
User Added to Admin Role
Detects a user being added to a new privileged role. Monitor these additions to ensure the users are made eligible for these roles are intended to have these levels of access. Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/security-operations-privileged-accounts#changes-to-privileged-accounts
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Privilege Escalation |
Telemetry coverage
| Platform | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Azure | Add eligible member (eligible) |
| Azure | Add eligible member (permanent) |
| Azure | Add member to role |
Rules detecting the same action
These rules filter on the same operation.
- [Entra ID] Application Assigned Administrator Permissions Immediately After Obtaining Role Management Permissions (Kusto)
- [Entra ID] Mass Privileged Role Change Activity Detected (Kusto)
- [Entra ID] Privilege Elevation Request Denied (Kusto)
- [Entra ID] Privileged Role Assigned to a New User (Kusto)
- [Entra ID] Privileged Role Assigned to User (Kusto)
- Account Elevated to New Role (Kusto)
- Admin promotion after Role Management Application Permission Grant (Kusto)
- App Assigned To Azure RBAC/Microsoft Entra Role (Sigma)
Rule body
id: 2a09f8cb-deb7-4c40-b08b-9137667f1c0b
name: User Added to Admin Role
description: |
'Detects a user being added to a new privileged role. Monitor these additions to ensure the users are made eligible for these roles are intended to have these levels of access.
Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/security-operations-privileged-accounts#changes-to-privileged-accounts'
severity: Low
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
dataTypes:
- AuditLogs
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
- PrivilegeEscalation
relevantTechniques:
- T1078.004
tags:
- AADSecOpsGuide
query: |
AuditLogs
| where OperationName in ("Add eligible member (permanent)", "Add eligible member (eligible)", "Add member to role")
| mv-apply TargetResource = TargetResources on
(
where TargetResource.type =~ "User"
| extend Target = 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"
| 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(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress)
| extend InitiatedBy = iif(isnotempty(InitiatingAppName), InitiatingAppName, InitiatingUserPrincipalName)
| extend TargetUserPrincipalName = iff(OperationName=="Add member to role",tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName),tostring(TargetResources[2].userPrincipalName))
| extend TargetAadUserId = iff(OperationName=="Add member to role", tostring(TargetResources[0].id), tostring(TargetResources[2].id))
| extend AddedUser = TargetUserPrincipalName
| extend TargetAccountName = tostring(split(TargetUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), TargetAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(TargetUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
| extend InitiatingAccountName = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
| project-reorder TimeGenerated, AddedUser, RoleName, InitiatedBy
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: TargetUserPrincipalName
- identifier: Name
columnName: TargetAccountName
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: TargetAccountUPNSuffix
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: AadUserId
columnName: TargetAadUserId
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: InitiatingUserPrincipalName
- identifier: Name
columnName: InitiatingAccountName
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: AadUserId
columnName: InitiatingAadUserId
version: 1.0.4
kind: Scheduled
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: source
AuditLogs
Stage 2: where
| where OperationName in ("Add eligible member (permanent)", "Add eligible member (eligible)", "Add member to role")
Stage 3: kusto:mv-apply
| mv-apply TargetResource = TargetResources on
(
where TargetResource.type =~ "User"
| extend Target = tostring(TargetResource.userPrincipalName),
props = TargetResource.modifiedProperties
)
Stage 4: kusto:mv-apply
| mv-apply Property = props on
(
where Property.displayName =~ "Role.DisplayName"
| extend RoleName = trim('"',tostring(Property.newValue))
)
Stage 5: where
| where RoleName contains "admin"
Stage 6: extend (11 consecutive steps)
| 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(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress)
| extend InitiatedBy = iif(isnotempty(InitiatingAppName), InitiatingAppName, InitiatingUserPrincipalName)
| extend TargetUserPrincipalName = iff(OperationName=="Add member to role",tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName),tostring(TargetResources[2].userPrincipalName))
| extend TargetAadUserId = iff(OperationName=="Add member to role", tostring(TargetResources[0].id), tostring(TargetResources[2].id))
| extend AddedUser = TargetUserPrincipalName
| extend TargetAccountName = tostring(split(TargetUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), TargetAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(TargetUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
| extend InitiatingAccountName = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(InitiatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
Stage 7: project-reorder
| project-reorder TimeGenerated, AddedUser, RoleName, InitiatedBy
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
OperationName | in |
| field:"OperationName" kind:in |
RoleName | contains |
| field:"RoleName" kind:contains value:"admin" |
displayName | eq |
| field:"displayName" kind:eq value:"Role.DisplayName" |
type | eq |
| field:"type" kind:eq value:"User" |
Output fields
These fields are emitted when the rule matches.
| Field | Source |
|---|---|
InitiatingAppName | extend |
InitiatingAppServicePrincipalId | extend |
InitiatingUserPrincipalName | extend |
InitiatingAadUserId | extend |
InitiatingIPAddress | extend |
InitiatedBy | extend |
TargetUserPrincipalName | extend |
TargetAadUserId | extend |
AddedUser | extend |
TargetAccountName | extend |
TargetAccountUPNSuffix | extend |
InitiatingAccountName | extend |
InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix | extend |