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PIM Approvals And Deny Elevation
Detects when a PIM elevation is approved or denied. Outside of normal operations should be investigated.
Known false positives
- Actual admin using PIM.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Initial Access | |
| Persistence | |
| Privilege Escalation | |
| Stealth |
Telemetry coverage
| Platform | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Azure | any: Entra ID audit event (any operation) |
Rule body
title: PIM Approvals And Deny Elevation
id: 039a7469-0296-4450-84c0-f6966b16dc6d
status: test
description: Detects when a PIM elevation is approved or denied. Outside of normal operations should be investigated.
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-privileged-identity-management#azure-ad-roles-assignment
author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Yochana Henderson, '@Yochana-H'
date: 2022-08-09
tags:
- attack.persistence
- attack.initial-access
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1078.004
logsource:
product: azure
service: auditlogs
detection:
selection:
properties.message: Request Approved/Denied
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Actual admin using PIM.
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
properties.message: Request Approved/Denied
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
properties.message | eq |
| field:"properties.message" kind:eq value:"Request Approved/Denied" |