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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.

MITRE ATT&CK

persistenceinitial-accessdefense-evasionprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection:
  properties.message: Request Approved/Denied
condition: selection

Author

Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Yochana Henderson, '@Yochana-H'

Created

2022-08-09

Data Sources

azureauditlogs

Platforms

azure

References

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-privileged-identity-management#azure-ad-roles-assignment

Tags

attack.persistenceattack.initial-accessattack.defense-evasionattack.privilege-escalationattack.t1078.004

Raw Content

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.defense-evasion
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1078.004
logsource:
    product: azure
    service: auditlogs
detection:
    selection:
        properties.message: Request Approved/Denied
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Actual admin using PIM.
level: high