New PA PCA or PCAS added to Azure DevOps

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Id	35ce9aff-1708-45b8-a295-5e9a307f5f17
Rulename	New PA, PCA, or PCAS added to Azure DevOps
Description	In order for an attacker to be able to conduct many potential attacks against Azure DevOps they will need to gain elevated permissions. This detection looks for users being granted key administrative permissions. If the principal of least privilege is applied, the number of users granted these permissions should be small. Note that permissions can also be granted via Microsoft Entra ID Protection groups and monitoring of these should also be conducted.
Severity	Medium
Tactics	InitialAccess
Techniques	T1078.004
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/AzureDevOpsAuditing/Analytic Rules/NewPAPCAPCASaddedtoADO.yaml
Version	1.0.5
Arm template	35ce9aff-1708-45b8-a295-5e9a307f5f17.json

KQL

AzureDevOpsAuditing
| where OperationName =~ "Group.UpdateGroupMembership.Add"
| where Details has_any ("Project Administrators", "Project Collection Administrators", "Project Collection Service Accounts", "Build Administrator")
| project-reorder TimeGenerated, Details, ActorUPN, IpAddress, UserAgent, AuthenticationMechanism, ScopeDisplayName
| extend timekey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)
| extend ActorUserId = tostring(Data.MemberId)
| project timekey, ActorUserId, AddingUser=ActorUPN, TimeAdded=TimeGenerated, PermissionGrantDetails = Details
// Get details of operations conducted by user soon after elevation of permissions
| join (AzureDevOpsAuditing
| extend ActorUserId = tostring(Data.MemberId)
| extend timekey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)) on timekey, ActorUserId
| summarize ActionsWhenAdded = make_set(OperationName) by ActorUPN, AddingUser, TimeAdded, PermissionGrantDetails, IpAddress, UserAgent
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[1])
| extend AddingUserAccountName = tostring(split(AddingUser, "@")[0]), AddingUserAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(AddingUser, "@")[1])

YAML

id: 35ce9aff-1708-45b8-a295-5e9a307f5f17
tactics:
- InitialAccess
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerThreshold: 0
name: New PA, PCA, or PCAS added to Azure DevOps
query: |
  AzureDevOpsAuditing
  | where OperationName =~ "Group.UpdateGroupMembership.Add"
  | where Details has_any ("Project Administrators", "Project Collection Administrators", "Project Collection Service Accounts", "Build Administrator")
  | project-reorder TimeGenerated, Details, ActorUPN, IpAddress, UserAgent, AuthenticationMechanism, ScopeDisplayName
  | extend timekey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)
  | extend ActorUserId = tostring(Data.MemberId)
  | project timekey, ActorUserId, AddingUser=ActorUPN, TimeAdded=TimeGenerated, PermissionGrantDetails = Details
  // Get details of operations conducted by user soon after elevation of permissions
  | join (AzureDevOpsAuditing
  | extend ActorUserId = tostring(Data.MemberId)
  | extend timekey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)) on timekey, ActorUserId
  | summarize ActionsWhenAdded = make_set(OperationName) by ActorUPN, AddingUser, TimeAdded, PermissionGrantDetails, IpAddress, UserAgent
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[1])
  | extend AddingUserAccountName = tostring(split(AddingUser, "@")[0]), AddingUserAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(AddingUser, "@")[1])  
severity: Medium
triggerOperator: gt
kind: Scheduled
relevantTechniques:
- T1078.004
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/AzureDevOpsAuditing/Analytic Rules/NewPAPCAPCASaddedtoADO.yaml
queryFrequency: 1d
requiredDataConnectors: []
description: |
  'In order for an attacker to be able to conduct many potential attacks against Azure DevOps they will need to gain elevated permissions. 
  This detection looks for users being granted key administrative permissions. If the principal of least privilege is applied, the number of users granted these permissions should be small. Note that permissions can also be granted via Microsoft Entra ID Protection groups and monitoring of these should also be conducted.'  
status: Available
version: 1.0.5
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
  - columnName: ActorUPN
    identifier: FullName
  - columnName: AccountName
    identifier: Name
  - columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
    identifier: UPNSuffix
  entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
  - columnName: AddingUser
    identifier: FullName
  - columnName: AddingUserAccountName
    identifier: Name
  - columnName: AddingUserAccountUPNSuffix
    identifier: UPNSuffix
  entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
  - columnName: IpAddress
    identifier: Address
  entityType: IP

ARM

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  "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/35ce9aff-1708-45b8-a295-5e9a307f5f17')]",
      "kind": "Scheduled",
      "name": "[concat(parameters('workspace'),'/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/35ce9aff-1708-45b8-a295-5e9a307f5f17')]",
      "properties": {
        "alertRuleTemplateName": "35ce9aff-1708-45b8-a295-5e9a307f5f17",
        "customDetails": null,
        "description": "'In order for an attacker to be able to conduct many potential attacks against Azure DevOps they will need to gain elevated permissions. \nThis detection looks for users being granted key administrative permissions. If the principal of least privilege is applied, the number of users granted these permissions should be small. Note that permissions can also be granted via Microsoft Entra ID Protection groups and monitoring of these should also be conducted.'\n",
        "displayName": "New PA, PCA, or PCAS added to Azure DevOps",
        "enabled": true,
        "entityMappings": [
          {
            "entityType": "Account",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "ActorUPN",
                "identifier": "FullName"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "AccountName",
                "identifier": "Name"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "AccountUPNSuffix",
                "identifier": "UPNSuffix"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "entityType": "Account",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "AddingUser",
                "identifier": "FullName"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "AddingUserAccountName",
                "identifier": "Name"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "AddingUserAccountUPNSuffix",
                "identifier": "UPNSuffix"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "entityType": "IP",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "IpAddress",
                "identifier": "Address"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/AzureDevOpsAuditing/Analytic Rules/NewPAPCAPCASaddedtoADO.yaml",
        "query": "AzureDevOpsAuditing\n| where OperationName =~ \"Group.UpdateGroupMembership.Add\"\n| where Details has_any (\"Project Administrators\", \"Project Collection Administrators\", \"Project Collection Service Accounts\", \"Build Administrator\")\n| project-reorder TimeGenerated, Details, ActorUPN, IpAddress, UserAgent, AuthenticationMechanism, ScopeDisplayName\n| extend timekey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)\n| extend ActorUserId = tostring(Data.MemberId)\n| project timekey, ActorUserId, AddingUser=ActorUPN, TimeAdded=TimeGenerated, PermissionGrantDetails = Details\n// Get details of operations conducted by user soon after elevation of permissions\n| join (AzureDevOpsAuditing\n| extend ActorUserId = tostring(Data.MemberId)\n| extend timekey = bin(TimeGenerated, 1h)) on timekey, ActorUserId\n| summarize ActionsWhenAdded = make_set(OperationName) by ActorUPN, AddingUser, TimeAdded, PermissionGrantDetails, IpAddress, UserAgent\n| extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUPN, \"@\")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorUPN, \"@\")[1])\n| extend AddingUserAccountName = tostring(split(AddingUser, \"@\")[0]), AddingUserAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(AddingUser, \"@\")[1])\n",
        "queryFrequency": "P1D",
        "queryPeriod": "P1D",
        "severity": "Medium",
        "status": "Available",
        "subTechniques": [
          "T1078.004"
        ],
        "suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
        "suppressionEnabled": false,
        "tactics": [
          "InitialAccess"
        ],
        "techniques": [
          "T1078"
        ],
        "templateVersion": "1.0.5",
        "triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
        "triggerThreshold": 0
      },
      "type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers/alertRules"
    }
  ]
}