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Users Added to Global or Device Admin Roles

Monitor and alert for users added to device admin roles.

MITRE ATT&CK

persistenceinitial-accessdefense-evasionprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection:
  Category: RoleManagement
  OperationName|contains|all:
    - Add
    - member to role
  TargetResources|contains:
    - 7698a772-787b-4ac8-901f-60d6b08affd2
    - 62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10
condition: selection

Author

Michael Epping, '@mepples21'

Created

2022-06-28

Data Sources

azureauditlogs

Platforms

azure

References

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-devices#device-administrator-roles

Tags

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

Raw Content

title: Users Added to Global or Device Admin Roles
id: 11c767ae-500b-423b-bae3-b234450736ed
status: test
description: Monitor and alert for users added to device admin roles.
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-devices#device-administrator-roles
author: Michael Epping, '@mepples21'
date: 2022-06-28
tags:
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.t1078.004
logsource:
    product: azure
    service: auditlogs
detection:
    selection:
        Category: RoleManagement
        OperationName|contains|all:
            - 'Add'
            - 'member to role'
        TargetResources|contains:
            - '7698a772-787b-4ac8-901f-60d6b08affd2'
            - '62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: high