Sigma rule: App Assigned To Azure RBAC/Microsoft Entra Role

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-5721d3910c35, updated 2024-11-04T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
App Assigned To Azure RBAC/Microsoft Entra Role
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Bailey Bercik '@baileybercik', Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow'
Date
2022-07-19
Modified
2024-11-04
File
rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_app_role_added.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects when an app is assigned Azure AD roles, such as global administrator, or Azure RBAC roles, such as subscription owner.

Log source

product
azure
service
auditlogs

Detection

selection:
    targetResources.type: 'Service Principal'
    properties.message:
        - Add member to role
        - Add eligible member to role
        - Add scoped member to role
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

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_role_added.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "App Assigned To Azure RBAC/Microsoft Entra Role" by Bailey Bercik '@baileybercik', Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow' (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_app_role_added.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 Assigned To Azure RBAC/Microsoft Entra Role",
entity page, dataset version ref-5721d3910c35, updated 2024-11-04T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/b04934b2-0a68-4845-8a19-bdfed3a68a7a (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b04934b2-0a68-4845-8a19-bdfed3a68a7a, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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