Sigma rule: Roles Assigned Outside PIM

Rule

Title

Roles Assigned Outside PIM

Status

test

Level

high

Author

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

Date

2023-09-14

File

rules/cloud/azure/privileged_identity_management/azure_pim_role_assigned_outside_of_pim.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

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

Log source

product

azure

service

pim

Detection

selection:
    riskEventType: 'rolesAssignedOutsidePrivilegedIdentityManagementAlertConfiguration'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Investigate where users are being assigned privileged roles outside of Privileged Identity Management and prohibit future assignments from there.

Tags

• attack.initial-access
• attack.stealth
• attack.t1078
• attack.persistence
• attack.privilege-escalation

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1078

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

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