User Added To Privilege Role
highCloud & SaaSSingle eventexperimentalsigma.azure_audit_logs_azure_priviledged_role_assignment_add · v1.0.0
What it detects
Detects when a user is added to a privileged role.
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- T1078.004Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts· Initial Access
False positives and triage
Legtimate administrator actions of adding members from a role
The rule
Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 70%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.azure_audit_logs_azure_priviledged_role_assignment_add.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.
id: sigma.azure_audit_logs_azure_priviledged_role_assignment_add
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: high
confidence: 0.7
platforms:
- application
mitre_techniques:
- T1078.004
description: Detects when a user is added to a privileged role.
match:
event_category: account
raw_message_any:
- Add eligible member (permanent)
- Add eligible member (eligible)
false_positive_guidance: Legtimate administrator actions of adding members from a role
Converted from the SigmaHQ rule “User Added To Privilege Role” by Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Yochana Henderson, '@Yochana-H', distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. Original rule.
Related detections
Run this rule on your own logs — offline
KIROSEC runs this rule and the rest of the library over Windows, Linux, macOS and cloud audit logs on the analyst's own machine. Every alert links to the events that raised it, and nothing leaves the device.