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Password Reset By User Account

Detect when a user has reset their password in Azure AD

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationinitial-accessdefense-evasionpersistencecredential-access

Detection Query

selection:
  Category: UserManagement
  Status: Success
  Initiatedby: UPN
filter:
  Target|contains: UPN
  ActivityType|contains: Password reset
condition: selection and filter

Author

YochanaHenderson, '@Yochana-H'

Created

2022-08-03

Data Sources

azureauditlogs

Platforms

azure

References

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-privileged-accounts

Tags

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

Raw Content

title: Password Reset By User Account
id: 340ee172-4b67-4fb4-832f-f961bdc1f3aa
status: test
description: Detect when a user has reset their password in Azure AD
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-privileged-accounts
author: YochanaHenderson, '@Yochana-H'
date: 2022-08-03
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1078.004
logsource:
    product: azure
    service: auditlogs
detection:
    selection:
        Category: 'UserManagement'
        Status: 'Success'
        Initiatedby: 'UPN'
    filter:
        Target|contains: 'UPN'
        ActivityType|contains: 'Password reset'
    condition: selection and filter
falsepositives:
    - If this was approved by System Administrator or confirmed user action.
level: medium