App Granted Privileged Delegated Or App Permissions
What it detects
Detects when administrator grants either application permissions (app roles) or highly privileged delegated permissions
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- T1098.003Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Roles· Persistence
False positives and triage
When the permission is legitimately needed for the app
The rule
Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 70%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.azure_audit_logs_azure_app_privileged_permissions.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.
id: sigma.azure_audit_logs_azure_app_privileged_permissions
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: high
confidence: 0.7
platforms:
- application
mitre_techniques:
- T1098.003
description: Detects when administrator grants either application permissions (app roles) or highly privileged delegated permissions
match:
event_category: account
raw_message_any:
- Add app role assignment to service principal
false_positive_guidance: When the permission is legitimately needed for the app
Converted from the SigmaHQ rule “App Granted Privileged Delegated Or App Permissions” by Bailey Bercik '@baileybercik', Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. Original rule.
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Run this rule on your own logs — offline
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