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Roles Assigned Outside PIM

Identifies when a privilege role assignment has taken place outside of PIM and may indicate an attack.

MITRE ATT&CK

initial-accessdefense-evasionpersistenceprivilege-escalation

Detection Query

selection:
  riskEventType: rolesAssignedOutsidePrivilegedIdentityManagementAlertConfiguration
condition: selection

Author

Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Gloria Lee, '@gleeiamglo'

Created

2023-09-14

Data Sources

azurepim

Platforms

azure

References

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id-governance/privileged-identity-management/pim-how-to-configure-security-alerts#roles-are-being-assigned-outside-of-privileged-identity-management

Tags

attack.initial-accessattack.defense-evasionattack.t1078attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation

Raw Content

title: Roles Assigned Outside PIM
id: b1bc08d1-8224-4758-a0e6-fbcfc98c73bb
status: test
description: Identifies when a privilege role assignment has taken place outside of PIM and may indicate an attack.
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id-governance/privileged-identity-management/pim-how-to-configure-security-alerts#roles-are-being-assigned-outside-of-privileged-identity-management
author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Gloria Lee, '@gleeiamglo'
date: 2023-09-14
tags:
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1078
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
logsource:
    product: azure
    service: pim
detection:
    selection:
        riskEventType: 'rolesAssignedOutsidePrivilegedIdentityManagementAlertConfiguration'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Investigate where users are being assigned privileged roles outside of Privileged Identity Management and prohibit future assignments from there.
level: high