Detection rules › Sigma
Roles Activated Too Frequently
Identifies when the same privilege role has multiple activations by the same user.
Known false positives
- Investigate where if active time period for a role is set too short.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Initial Access | |
| Persistence | |
| Privilege Escalation | |
| Stealth |
Rule body
title: Roles Activated Too Frequently
id: 645fd80d-6c07-435b-9e06-7bc1b5656cba
status: test
description: Identifies when the same privilege role has multiple activations by the same user.
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id-governance/privileged-identity-management/pim-how-to-configure-security-alerts#roles-are-being-activated-too-frequently
author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Gloria Lee, '@gleeiamglo'
date: 2023-09-14
tags:
- attack.initial-access
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1078
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
logsource:
product: azure
service: pim
detection:
selection:
riskEventType: 'sequentialActivationRenewalsAlertIncident'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Investigate where if active time period for a role is set too short.
level: high
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
riskEventType: 'sequentialActivationRenewalsAlertIncident'
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
riskEventType | eq |
| field:"azure_ad::risk_event_types" kind:eq value:"sequentialActivationRenewalsAlertIncident" |