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Okta Admin Role Assigned to an User or Group

Detects when an the Administrator role is assigned to an user or group.

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationpersistence

Detection Query

selection:
  eventtype:
    - group.privilege.grant
    - user.account.privilege.grant
condition: selection

Author

Austin Songer @austinsonger

Created

2021-09-12

Data Sources

oktaokta

Platforms

okta

References

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.t1098.003

Raw Content

title: Okta Admin Role Assigned to an User or Group
id: 413d4a81-6c98-4479-9863-014785fd579c
status: test
description: Detects when an the Administrator role is assigned to an user or group.
references:
    - https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/system-log/
    - https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/event-types/
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
date: 2021-09-12
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1098.003
logsource:
    product: okta
    service: okta
detection:
    selection:
        eventtype:
            - group.privilege.grant
            - user.account.privilege.grant
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Administrator roles could be assigned to users or group by other admin users.

level: medium