Sigma rule: App Granted Privileged Delegated Or App Permissions

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-591ee5b45352, updated 2023-03-29T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
App Granted Privileged Delegated Or App Permissions
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Bailey Bercik '@baileybercik', Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow'
Date
2022-07-28
Modified
2023-03-29
File
rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_app_privileged_permissions.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects when administrator grants either application permissions (app roles) or highly privileged delegated permissions

Log source

product
azure
service
auditlogs

Detection

selection:
    properties.message: Add app role assignment to service principal
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • When the permission is legitimately needed for the app

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.t1098.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_app_privileged_permissions.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "App Granted Privileged Delegated Or App Permissions" by Bailey Bercik '@baileybercik', Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow' (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_app_privileged_permissions.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: App Granted Privileged Delegated Or App Permissions",
entity page, dataset version ref-591ee5b45352, updated 2023-03-29T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/5aecf3d5-f8a0-48e7-99be-3a759df7358f (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 5aecf3d5-f8a0-48e7-99be-3a759df7358f, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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