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Potential MFA Bypass Using Legacy Client Authentication

Detects successful authentication from potential clients using legacy authentication via user agent strings. This could be a sign of MFA bypass using a password spray attack.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1078.004 T1110

privilege-escalationpersistencedefense-evasioninitial-accesscredential-access

Detection Query

selection:
  Status: Success
  userAgent|contains:
    - BAV2ROPC
    - CBAinPROD
    - CBAinTAR
condition: selection

Author

Harjot Singh, '@cyb3rjy0t'

Created

2023-03-20

Data Sources

azuresigninlogs

Platforms

azure

References

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.initial-accessattack.credential-accessattack.t1078.004attack.t1110

Raw Content

title: Potential MFA Bypass Using Legacy Client Authentication
id: 53bb4f7f-48a8-4475-ac30-5a82ddfdf6fc
status: test
description: Detects successful authentication from potential clients using legacy authentication via user agent strings. This could be a sign of MFA bypass using a password spray attack.
references:
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20230217071802/https://blooteem.com/march-2022
    - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2021/10/26/protect-your-business-from-password-sprays-with-microsoft-dart-recommendations/
author: Harjot Singh, '@cyb3rjy0t'
date: 2023-03-20
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1078.004
    - attack.t1110
logsource:
    product: azure
    service: signinlogs
detection:
    selection:
        Status: 'Success'
        userAgent|contains:
            - 'BAV2ROPC'
            - 'CBAinPROD'
            - 'CBAinTAR'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Known Legacy Accounts
level: high