Analytic rule catalog
User impersonation by Identity Protection alerts
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| Id | 11c3d541-5fa5-49df-8218-d1c98584473b |
| Rulename | User impersonation by Identity Protection alerts |
| Description | This detection focuses on identifying user-related events involving IAM roles, groups, user access, and password changes. It examines instances where the user’s IP address matches and alerts generated by Identity Protection share the same IP address. The analysis occurs within a time window of 1 hour, helping to flag potential cases of user impersonation. |
| Severity | Medium |
| Tactics | PrivilegeEscalation |
| Techniques | T1134 |
| Required data connectors | AWS AzureActiveDirectoryIdentityProtection |
| Kind | Scheduled |
| Query frequency | 1d |
| Query period | 1d |
| Trigger threshold | 0 |
| Trigger operator | gt |
| Source Uri | https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Multi%20Cloud%20Attack%20Coverage%20Essentials%20-%20Resource%20Abuse/Analytic%20Rules/UserImpersonateByAAID.yaml |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Arm template | 11c3d541-5fa5-49df-8218-d1c98584473b.json |
// Retrieve SecurityAlerts generated within the last day
SecurityAlert
// Filter alerts for Azure Active Directory Identity Protection and High severity
| where ProductName has "Azure Active Directory Identity Protection"
| where AlertSeverity == "High"
// Extract IP address entities from the 'Entities' field
| extend ipAddress = extract(@'\b(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\b', 0, Entities)
// Filter out alerts without IP address entities
| where isnotempty(ipAddress)
// Summarize entities per unique combination of attributes
| summarize make_set(Entities)
by
AlertTime = TimeGenerated,
ipAddress,
AlertName,
ProductName,
AlertSeverity
// Perform an inner join with AWS CloudTrail events
| join kind=inner (
AWSCloudTrail
| where isempty(ErrorMessage)
| extend UserType = tostring(parse_json(RequestParameters).userType)
| where EventName in~ ("CreateRole", "DeleteRole", "CreateUser", "CreateAccessKey", "DeleteAccessKey", "CreateGroup", "AddUserToGroup", "ChangePassword", "DeleteGroup", "DeleteUser", "RemoveUserFromGroup", "CreateVirtualMFADevice", "DeleteLoginProfile")
| summarize
make_set(RequestParameters),
make_set(ResponseElements)
by
SourceIpAddress,
UserIdentityArn,
UserIdentityType,
EventName,
EventTime = TimeGenerated
)
on $left.ipAddress == $right.SourceIpAddress
// Filter results based on temporal correlation
| where AlertTime between ((EventTime - 1h) .. (EventTime + 1h))
queryFrequency: 1d
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
- columnName: SourceIpAddress
identifier: Address
entityType: IP
triggerThreshold: 0
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Multi%20Cloud%20Attack%20Coverage%20Essentials%20-%20Resource%20Abuse/Analytic%20Rules/UserImpersonateByAAID.yaml
severity: Medium
query: |
// Retrieve SecurityAlerts generated within the last day
SecurityAlert
// Filter alerts for Azure Active Directory Identity Protection and High severity
| where ProductName has "Azure Active Directory Identity Protection"
| where AlertSeverity == "High"
// Extract IP address entities from the 'Entities' field
| extend ipAddress = extract(@'\b(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\b', 0, Entities)
// Filter out alerts without IP address entities
| where isnotempty(ipAddress)
// Summarize entities per unique combination of attributes
| summarize make_set(Entities)
by
AlertTime = TimeGenerated,
ipAddress,
AlertName,
ProductName,
AlertSeverity
// Perform an inner join with AWS CloudTrail events
| join kind=inner (
AWSCloudTrail
| where isempty(ErrorMessage)
| extend UserType = tostring(parse_json(RequestParameters).userType)
| where EventName in~ ("CreateRole", "DeleteRole", "CreateUser", "CreateAccessKey", "DeleteAccessKey", "CreateGroup", "AddUserToGroup", "ChangePassword", "DeleteGroup", "DeleteUser", "RemoveUserFromGroup", "CreateVirtualMFADevice", "DeleteLoginProfile")
| summarize
make_set(RequestParameters),
make_set(ResponseElements)
by
SourceIpAddress,
UserIdentityArn,
UserIdentityType,
EventName,
EventTime = TimeGenerated
)
on $left.ipAddress == $right.SourceIpAddress
// Filter results based on temporal correlation
| where AlertTime between ((EventTime - 1h) .. (EventTime + 1h))
tactics:
- PrivilegeEscalation
queryPeriod: 1d
customDetails:
AlertName: AlertName
AWSUser: UserIdentityArn
AlertIp: ipAddress
relevantTechniques:
- T1134
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: AWS
dataTypes:
- AWSCloudTrail
- connectorId: AzureActiveDirectoryIdentityProtection
dataTypes:
- SecurityAlert (IPC)
id: 11c3d541-5fa5-49df-8218-d1c98584473b
kind: Scheduled
version: 1.0.0
description: |
'This detection focuses on identifying user-related events involving IAM roles, groups, user access, and password changes. It examines instances where the user's IP address matches and alerts generated by Identity Protection share the same IP address. The analysis occurs within a time window of 1 hour, helping to flag potential cases of user impersonation.'
triggerOperator: gt
name: User impersonation by Identity Protection alerts
{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"workspace": {
"type": "String"
}
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2024-01-01-preview",
"id": "[concat(resourceId('Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers', parameters('workspace'), 'Microsoft.SecurityInsights'),'/alertRules/11c3d541-5fa5-49df-8218-d1c98584473b')]",
"kind": "Scheduled",
"name": "[concat(parameters('workspace'),'/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/11c3d541-5fa5-49df-8218-d1c98584473b')]",
"properties": {
"alertRuleTemplateName": "11c3d541-5fa5-49df-8218-d1c98584473b",
"customDetails": {
"AlertIp": "ipAddress",
"AlertName": "AlertName",
"AWSUser": "UserIdentityArn"
},
"description": "'This detection focuses on identifying user-related events involving IAM roles, groups, user access, and password changes. It examines instances where the user's IP address matches and alerts generated by Identity Protection share the same IP address. The analysis occurs within a time window of 1 hour, helping to flag potential cases of user impersonation.'\n",
"displayName": "User impersonation by Identity Protection alerts",
"enabled": true,
"entityMappings": [
{
"entityType": "IP",
"fieldMappings": [
{
"columnName": "SourceIpAddress",
"identifier": "Address"
}
]
}
],
"OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Multi%20Cloud%20Attack%20Coverage%20Essentials%20-%20Resource%20Abuse/Analytic%20Rules/UserImpersonateByAAID.yaml",
"query": "// Retrieve SecurityAlerts generated within the last day\n SecurityAlert \n // Filter alerts for Azure Active Directory Identity Protection and High severity\n | where ProductName has \"Azure Active Directory Identity Protection\"\n | where AlertSeverity == \"High\"\n // Extract IP address entities from the 'Entities' field\n | extend ipAddress = extract(@'\\b(?:\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3}\\b', 0, Entities)\n // Filter out alerts without IP address entities\n | where isnotempty(ipAddress)\n // Summarize entities per unique combination of attributes\n | summarize make_set(Entities)\n by\n AlertTime = TimeGenerated,\n ipAddress,\n AlertName,\n ProductName,\n AlertSeverity\n // Perform an inner join with AWS CloudTrail events\n | join kind=inner (\n AWSCloudTrail\n | where isempty(ErrorMessage)\n | extend UserType = tostring(parse_json(RequestParameters).userType) \n | where EventName in~ (\"CreateRole\", \"DeleteRole\", \"CreateUser\", \"CreateAccessKey\", \"DeleteAccessKey\", \"CreateGroup\", \"AddUserToGroup\", \"ChangePassword\", \"DeleteGroup\", \"DeleteUser\", \"RemoveUserFromGroup\", \"CreateVirtualMFADevice\", \"DeleteLoginProfile\") \n | summarize\n make_set(RequestParameters),\n make_set(ResponseElements)\n by\n SourceIpAddress,\n UserIdentityArn,\n UserIdentityType,\n EventName,\n EventTime = TimeGenerated\n )\n on $left.ipAddress == $right.SourceIpAddress \n // Filter results based on temporal correlation\n | where AlertTime between ((EventTime - 1h) .. (EventTime + 1h))\n",
"queryFrequency": "P1D",
"queryPeriod": "P1D",
"severity": "Medium",
"subTechniques": [],
"suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
"suppressionEnabled": false,
"tactics": [
"PrivilegeEscalation"
],
"techniques": [
"T1134"
],
"templateVersion": "1.0.0",
"triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
"triggerThreshold": 0
},
"type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers/alertRules"
}
]
}