Detection: O365 Privileged Role Assigned

Updated Date: 2024-09-24 ID: db435700-4ddc-4c23-892e-49e7525d7d39 Author: Steven Dick Type: TTP Product: Splunk Enterprise Security

Description

The following analytic identifies the assignment of sensitive and privileged Azure Active Directory roles to an Azure AD user. Adversaries and red teams alike may assign these roles to a compromised account to establish Persistence in an Azure AD environment. This detection leverages the O365 Universal Audit Log data source.

1`o365_management_activity` Workload=AzureActiveDirectory Operation IN ("Add member to role.","Add eligible member to role.") 
2| eval user = ObjectId, src_user = case(match(mvindex('Actor{}.ID',-1),"User"),mvindex('Actor{}.ID',0),match(mvindex('Actor{}.ID',-1),"ServicePrincipal"),mvindex('Actor{}.ID',3),true(),mvindex('Actor{}.ID',0)), object_name = mvindex('ModifiedProperties{}.NewValue', mvfind('ModifiedProperties{}.Name',"Role\.DisplayName")), object_id = mvindex('ModifiedProperties{}.NewValue', mvfind('ModifiedProperties{}.Name',"Role\.TemplateId")), signature = Operation, result = ResultStatus, category = mvindex('Target{}.ID',2) 
3| stats count, min(_time) as firstTime, max(_time) as lastTime by src_user, user, category, result, object_name, object_id, signature 
4| lookup privileged_azure_ad_roles azuretemplateid as object_id OUTPUT isprvilegedadrole 
5| search isprvilegedadrole="TRUE" category="User" 
6| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`  
7| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
8| `o365_privileged_role_assigned_filter`

Data Source

Name Platform Sourcetype Source Supported App
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Macros Used

Name Value
o365_management_activity sourcetype=o365:management:activity
o365_privileged_role_assigned_filter search *
o365_privileged_role_assigned_filter is an empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.

Annotations

- MITRE ATT&CK
+ Kill Chain Phases
+ NIST
+ CIS
- Threat Actors
ID Technique Tactic
T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence
T1098.003 Additional Cloud Roles Privilege Escalation
KillChainPhase.EXPLOITAITON
KillChainPhase.INSTALLATION
NistCategory.DE_CM
Cis18Value.CIS_10
APT3
APT41
APT5
Dragonfly
FIN13
HAFNIUM
Kimsuky
Lazarus Group
Magic Hound
LAPSUS$
Scattered Spider

Default Configuration

This detection is configured by default in Splunk Enterprise Security to run with the following settings:

Setting Value
Disabled true
Cron Schedule 0 * * * *
Earliest Time -70m@m
Latest Time -10m@m
Schedule Window auto
Creates Notable Yes
Rule Title %name%
Rule Description %description%
Notable Event Fields user, dest
Creates Risk Event True
This configuration file applies to all detections of type TTP. These detections will use Risk Based Alerting and generate Notable Events.

Implementation

You must install the Splunk Microsoft Office 365 Add-on and ingest Office 365 management activity events.

Known False Positives

Administrators will legitimately assign the privileged roles users as part of administrative tasks. Microsoft Privileged Identity Management (PIM) may cause false positives / less accurate alerting.

Associated Analytic Story

Risk Based Analytics (RBA)

Risk Message Risk Score Impact Confidence
A privileged Azure AD role [$object_name$] was assigned to user $user$ by $src_user$ 75 75 100
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.

References

Detection Testing

Test Type Status Dataset Source Sourcetype
Validation ✅ Passing N/A N/A N/A
Unit ✅ Passing Dataset o365 o365:management:activity
Integration ✅ Passing Dataset o365 o365:management:activity

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Source: GitHub | Version: 2