Roles Assigned Outside PIM — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Gloria Lee, '@gleeiamglo'. Source status: test; severity: high. Source dates: 2023-09-14 / not supplied.

{
  "product": "azure",
  "service": "pim"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: ed3f3b07bb3fd8ec53b368aeb58231d832e950ae6f340c1afa8ba7800e5c22bd

Detection logic

Original source YAML. Source-tag agreement is not proof of complete semantic coverage. This rule has not been compiled for a SIEM backend or validated against live telemetry here.

title: Roles Assigned Outside PIM
id: b1bc08d1-8224-4758-a0e6-fbcfc98c73bb
status: test
description: Identifies when a privilege role assignment has taken place outside of PIM and may indicate an attack.
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
author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Gloria Lee, '@gleeiamglo'
date: 2023-09-14
tags:
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1078
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.privilege-escalation
logsource:
    product: azure
    service: pim
detection:
    selection:
        riskEventType: 'rolesAssignedOutsidePrivilegedIdentityManagementAlertConfiguration'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Investigate where users are being assigned privileged roles outside of Privileged Identity Management and prohibit future assignments from there.
level: high

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

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

Source 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