Azure VM Run Command operation executed during suspicious login window

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Id	11bda520-a965-4654-9a45-d09f372f71aa
Rulename	Azure VM Run Command operation executed during suspicious login window
Description	Identifies when the Azure Run Command operation is executed by a UserPrincipalName and IP Address that has resulted in a recent user entity behaviour alert.
Severity	High
Tactics	LateralMovement CredentialAccess
Techniques	T1570 T1212
Required data connectors	AzureActivity BehaviorAnalytics
Kind	Scheduled
Query frequency	1d
Query period	2d
Trigger threshold	0
Trigger operator	gt
Source Uri	https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/MultipleDataSources/RunCommandUEBABreach.yaml
Version	1.0.10
Arm template	11bda520-a965-4654-9a45-d09f372f71aa.json

KQL

AzureActivity
// Isolate run command actions
| where OperationNameValue =~ "MICROSOFT.COMPUTE/VIRTUALMACHINES/RUNCOMMAND/ACTION"
// Confirm that the operation impacted a virtual machine
| where Authorization has "virtualMachines"
// Each runcommand operation consists of three events when successful, Started, Accepted (or Rejected), Successful (or Failed).
| summarize StartTime=min(TimeGenerated), EndTime=max(TimeGenerated), max(CallerIpAddress), make_list(ActivityStatusValue) by CorrelationId, Authorization, Caller
// Limit to Run Command executions that Succeeded
| where list_ActivityStatusValue has_any ("Success", "Succeeded")
// Extract data from the Authorization field
| extend Authorization_d = parse_json(Authorization)
| extend Scope = Authorization_d.scope
| extend Scope_s = split(Scope, "/")
| extend Subscription = tostring(Scope_s[2])
| extend VirtualMachineName = tostring(Scope_s[-1])
| project StartTime, EndTime, Subscription, VirtualMachineName, CorrelationId, Caller, CallerIpAddress=max_CallerIpAddress
// Create a join key using  the Caller (UPN)
| extend joinkey = tolower(Caller)
// Join the Run Command actions to UEBA data
| join kind = inner (
    BehaviorAnalytics
    // We are specifically interested in unusual logins
    | where EventSource == "Azure AD" and ActivityInsights.ActionUncommonlyPerformedByUser == "True"
    | project UEBAEventTime=TimeGenerated, UEBAActionType=ActionType, UserPrincipalName, UEBASourceIPLocation=SourceIPLocation, UEBAActivityInsights=ActivityInsights, UEBAUsersInsights=UsersInsights
    | where isnotempty(UserPrincipalName) and isnotempty(UEBASourceIPLocation)
    | extend joinkey = tolower(UserPrincipalName)
) on joinkey
// Create a window around the UEBA event times, check to see if the Run Command action was performed within them
| extend UEBAWindowStart = UEBAEventTime - 1h, UEBAWindowEnd = UEBAEventTime + 6h
| where StartTime between (UEBAWindowStart .. UEBAWindowEnd)
| project StartTime, EndTime, Subscription, VirtualMachineName, Caller, CallerIpAddress, UEBAEventTime, UEBAActionType, UEBASourceIPLocation, UEBAActivityInsights, UEBAUsersInsights
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(Caller, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(Caller, "@")[1])

YAML

kind: Scheduled
query: |
  AzureActivity
  // Isolate run command actions
  | where OperationNameValue =~ "MICROSOFT.COMPUTE/VIRTUALMACHINES/RUNCOMMAND/ACTION"
  // Confirm that the operation impacted a virtual machine
  | where Authorization has "virtualMachines"
  // Each runcommand operation consists of three events when successful, Started, Accepted (or Rejected), Successful (or Failed).
  | summarize StartTime=min(TimeGenerated), EndTime=max(TimeGenerated), max(CallerIpAddress), make_list(ActivityStatusValue) by CorrelationId, Authorization, Caller
  // Limit to Run Command executions that Succeeded
  | where list_ActivityStatusValue has_any ("Success", "Succeeded")
  // Extract data from the Authorization field
  | extend Authorization_d = parse_json(Authorization)
  | extend Scope = Authorization_d.scope
  | extend Scope_s = split(Scope, "/")
  | extend Subscription = tostring(Scope_s[2])
  | extend VirtualMachineName = tostring(Scope_s[-1])
  | project StartTime, EndTime, Subscription, VirtualMachineName, CorrelationId, Caller, CallerIpAddress=max_CallerIpAddress
  // Create a join key using  the Caller (UPN)
  | extend joinkey = tolower(Caller)
  // Join the Run Command actions to UEBA data
  | join kind = inner (
      BehaviorAnalytics
      // We are specifically interested in unusual logins
      | where EventSource == "Azure AD" and ActivityInsights.ActionUncommonlyPerformedByUser == "True"
      | project UEBAEventTime=TimeGenerated, UEBAActionType=ActionType, UserPrincipalName, UEBASourceIPLocation=SourceIPLocation, UEBAActivityInsights=ActivityInsights, UEBAUsersInsights=UsersInsights
      | where isnotempty(UserPrincipalName) and isnotempty(UEBASourceIPLocation)
      | extend joinkey = tolower(UserPrincipalName)
  ) on joinkey
  // Create a window around the UEBA event times, check to see if the Run Command action was performed within them
  | extend UEBAWindowStart = UEBAEventTime - 1h, UEBAWindowEnd = UEBAEventTime + 6h
  | where StartTime between (UEBAWindowStart .. UEBAWindowEnd)
  | project StartTime, EndTime, Subscription, VirtualMachineName, Caller, CallerIpAddress, UEBAEventTime, UEBAActionType, UEBASourceIPLocation, UEBAActivityInsights, UEBAUsersInsights
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(Caller, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(Caller, "@")[1])  
relevantTechniques:
- T1570
- T1212
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - columnName: Caller
    identifier: FullName
  - columnName: AccountName
    identifier: Name
  - columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
    identifier: UPNSuffix
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - columnName: CallerIpAddress
    identifier: Address
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
queryPeriod: 2d
tactics:
- LateralMovement
- CredentialAccess
id: 11bda520-a965-4654-9a45-d09f372f71aa
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
  - AzureActivity
  connectorId: AzureActivity
- dataTypes:
  - BehaviorAnalytics
  connectorId: BehaviorAnalytics
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/MultipleDataSources/RunCommandUEBABreach.yaml
description: |
    'Identifies when the Azure Run Command operation is executed by a UserPrincipalName and IP Address that has resulted in a recent user entity behaviour alert.'
queryFrequency: 1d
name: Azure VM Run Command operation executed during suspicious login window
severity: High
version: 1.0.10
metadata:
  author:
    name: Microsoft Security Rearch
  support:
    tier: Community
  source:
    kind: Community
  categories:
    domains:
    - Security - Others
    - Platform

ARM

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        "customDetails": null,
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        "displayName": "Azure VM Run Command operation executed during suspicious login window",
        "enabled": true,
        "entityMappings": [
          {
            "entityType": "Account",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "Caller",
                "identifier": "FullName"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "AccountName",
                "identifier": "Name"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "AccountUPNSuffix",
                "identifier": "UPNSuffix"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "entityType": "IP",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "CallerIpAddress",
                "identifier": "Address"
              }
            ]
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        ],
        "OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/MultipleDataSources/RunCommandUEBABreach.yaml",
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        "queryFrequency": "P1D",
        "queryPeriod": "P2D",
        "severity": "High",
        "subTechniques": [],
        "suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
        "suppressionEnabled": false,
        "tactics": [
          "CredentialAccess",
          "LateralMovement"
        ],
        "techniques": [
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          "T1570"
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