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Google Workspace User Granted Admin Privileges

Detects when an Google Workspace user is granted admin privileges.

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationpersistence

Detection Query

selection:
  eventService: admin.googleapis.com
  eventName:
    - GRANT_DELEGATED_ADMIN_PRIVILEGES
    - GRANT_ADMIN_PRIVILEGE
condition: selection

Author

Austin Songer

Created

2021-08-23

Data Sources

gcpgoogle_workspace.admin

Platforms

gcp

References

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.t1098

Raw Content

title: Google Workspace User Granted Admin Privileges
id: 2d1b83e4-17c6-4896-a37b-29140b40a788
status: test
description: Detects when an Google Workspace user is granted admin privileges.
references:
    - https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit/gsuite-audit-logging#3
    - https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/admin-user-settings#GRANT_ADMIN_PRIVILEGE
author: Austin Songer
date: 2021-08-23
modified: 2023-10-11
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1098
logsource:
    product: gcp
    service: google_workspace.admin
detection:
    selection:
        eventService: admin.googleapis.com
        eventName:
            - GRANT_DELEGATED_ADMIN_PRIVILEGES
            - GRANT_ADMIN_PRIVILEGE
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Google Workspace admin role privileges, may be modified by system administrators.
level: medium