Attempt to bypass conditional access rule in Microsoft Entra ID
| Id | 3af9285d-bb98-4a35-ad29-5ea39ba0c628 |
| Rulename | Attempt to bypass conditional access rule in Microsoft Entra ID |
| Description | Identifies an attempt to Bypass conditional access rule(s) in Microsoft Entra ID. The ConditionalAccessStatus column value details if there was an attempt to bypass Conditional Access or if the Conditional access rule was not satisfied (ConditionalAccessStatus == 1). References: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/overview https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/concept-sign-ins https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/reference-sign-ins-error-codes ConditionalAccessStatus == 0 // Success ConditionalAccessStatus == 1 // Failure ConditionalAccessStatus == 2 // Not Applied ConditionalAccessStatus == 3 // unknown Note: This analytic rule is designed to identify potential attempts to bypass Conditional Access policies. Depending on your organization’s configuration, some Conditional Access failures may be legitimate and expected. It is recommended to review alerts generated by this rule in the context of your organization’s Conditional Access policies and adjust the detection threshold as needed to reduce false positives. This rule includes an optional filter that leverages a watchlist (ConditionalAccessBenignStatusCodes) to exclude known benign status codes. You can customize this watchlist with status codes that are expected in your environment and do not indicate malicious activity. By default, the watchlist-based filtering is commented out to provide full visibility into all relevant events. You may choose to enable this filter by uncommenting the corresponding line in the query to reduce noise from known benign scenarios. |
| Severity | Low |
| Tactics | InitialAccess Persistence |
| Techniques | T1078 T1098 |
| Required data connectors | AzureActiveDirectory |
| 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/Microsoft Entra ID/Analytic Rules/BypassCondAccessRule.yaml |
| Version | 1.0.8 |
| Arm template | 3af9285d-bb98-4a35-ad29-5ea39ba0c628.json |
let threshold = 1; // Modify this threshold value to reduce false positives based on your environment
let aadFunc = (tableName:string){
table(tableName)
| where ConditionalAccessStatus == 1 or ConditionalAccessStatus =~ "failure"
| mv-apply CAP = parse_json(ConditionalAccessPolicies) on (
project ConditionalAccessPoliciesName = CAP.displayName, result = CAP.result
| where result =~ "failure"
)
| extend DeviceDetail = todynamic(DeviceDetail), Status = todynamic(Status), LocationDetails = todynamic(LocationDetails)
| extend OS = DeviceDetail.operatingSystem, Browser = DeviceDetail.browser
| extend State = tostring(LocationDetails.state), City = tostring(LocationDetails.city), Region = tostring(LocationDetails.countryOrRegion)
| extend StatusCode = tostring(Status.errorCode), StatusDetails = tostring(Status.additionalDetails)
// Filter out status codes using watchlist
// uncomment the following line to enable watchlist filtering
// | join kind=leftanti (_GetWatchlist("ConditionalAccessBenignStatusCodes") | project StatusCode) on StatusCode
| extend Status = strcat(StatusCode, ": ", ResultDescription)
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), Status = make_list(Status,10), StatusDetails = make_list(StatusDetails,50), IPAddresses = make_list(IPAddress,100), IPAddressCount = dcount(IPAddress), CorrelationIds = make_list(CorrelationId,100), ConditionalAccessPoliciesName = make_list(ConditionalAccessPoliciesName,100)
by UserPrincipalName, UserId, AppDisplayName, tostring(Browser), tostring(OS), City, State, Region, Type
| where IPAddressCount > threshold and StatusDetails !has "MFA successfully completed"
| mv-expand IPAddresses, Status, StatusDetails, CorrelationIds
| extend Status = strcat(Status, " ", StatusDetails)
| summarize IPAddresses = make_set(IPAddresses,100), Status = make_set(Status,10), CorrelationIds = make_set(CorrelationIds,100), ConditionalAccessPoliciesName = make_set(ConditionalAccessPoliciesName,100)
by StartTime, EndTime, UserPrincipalName, UserId, AppDisplayName, tostring(Browser), tostring(OS), City, State, Region, IPAddressCount, Type
| extend IPAddressFirst = tostring(IPAddresses[0]), Name = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
};
let aadSignin = aadFunc("SigninLogs");
let aadNonInt = aadFunc("AADNonInteractiveUserSignInLogs");
union isfuzzy=true aadSignin, aadNonInt
id: 3af9285d-bb98-4a35-ad29-5ea39ba0c628
triggerOperator: gt
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Microsoft Entra ID/Analytic Rules/BypassCondAccessRule.yaml
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: UserPrincipalName
- identifier: Name
columnName: Name
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: UPNSuffix
entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: AadUserId
columnName: UserId
entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: IPAddressFirst
entityType: IP
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
- SigninLogs
connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
- dataTypes:
- AADNonInteractiveUserSignInLogs
connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
status: Available
query: |
let threshold = 1; // Modify this threshold value to reduce false positives based on your environment
let aadFunc = (tableName:string){
table(tableName)
| where ConditionalAccessStatus == 1 or ConditionalAccessStatus =~ "failure"
| mv-apply CAP = parse_json(ConditionalAccessPolicies) on (
project ConditionalAccessPoliciesName = CAP.displayName, result = CAP.result
| where result =~ "failure"
)
| extend DeviceDetail = todynamic(DeviceDetail), Status = todynamic(Status), LocationDetails = todynamic(LocationDetails)
| extend OS = DeviceDetail.operatingSystem, Browser = DeviceDetail.browser
| extend State = tostring(LocationDetails.state), City = tostring(LocationDetails.city), Region = tostring(LocationDetails.countryOrRegion)
| extend StatusCode = tostring(Status.errorCode), StatusDetails = tostring(Status.additionalDetails)
// Filter out status codes using watchlist
// uncomment the following line to enable watchlist filtering
// | join kind=leftanti (_GetWatchlist("ConditionalAccessBenignStatusCodes") | project StatusCode) on StatusCode
| extend Status = strcat(StatusCode, ": ", ResultDescription)
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), Status = make_list(Status,10), StatusDetails = make_list(StatusDetails,50), IPAddresses = make_list(IPAddress,100), IPAddressCount = dcount(IPAddress), CorrelationIds = make_list(CorrelationId,100), ConditionalAccessPoliciesName = make_list(ConditionalAccessPoliciesName,100)
by UserPrincipalName, UserId, AppDisplayName, tostring(Browser), tostring(OS), City, State, Region, Type
| where IPAddressCount > threshold and StatusDetails !has "MFA successfully completed"
| mv-expand IPAddresses, Status, StatusDetails, CorrelationIds
| extend Status = strcat(Status, " ", StatusDetails)
| summarize IPAddresses = make_set(IPAddresses,100), Status = make_set(Status,10), CorrelationIds = make_set(CorrelationIds,100), ConditionalAccessPoliciesName = make_set(ConditionalAccessPoliciesName,100)
by StartTime, EndTime, UserPrincipalName, UserId, AppDisplayName, tostring(Browser), tostring(OS), City, State, Region, IPAddressCount, Type
| extend IPAddressFirst = tostring(IPAddresses[0]), Name = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
};
let aadSignin = aadFunc("SigninLogs");
let aadNonInt = aadFunc("AADNonInteractiveUserSignInLogs");
union isfuzzy=true aadSignin, aadNonInt
name: Attempt to bypass conditional access rule in Microsoft Entra ID
kind: Scheduled
tactics:
- InitialAccess
- Persistence
severity: Low
relevantTechniques:
- T1078
- T1098
triggerThreshold: 0
version: 1.0.8
description: |
'Identifies an attempt to Bypass conditional access rule(s) in Microsoft Entra ID.
The ConditionalAccessStatus column value details if there was an attempt to bypass Conditional Access or if the Conditional access rule was not satisfied (ConditionalAccessStatus == 1).
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/overview
https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/concept-sign-ins
https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/reference-sign-ins-error-codes
ConditionalAccessStatus == 0 // Success
ConditionalAccessStatus == 1 // Failure
ConditionalAccessStatus == 2 // Not Applied
ConditionalAccessStatus == 3 // unknown
Note:
This analytic rule is designed to identify potential attempts to bypass Conditional Access policies. Depending on your organization's configuration, some Conditional Access failures may be legitimate and expected.
It is recommended to review alerts generated by this rule in the context of your organization's Conditional Access policies and adjust the detection threshold as needed to reduce false positives.
This rule includes an optional filter that leverages a watchlist (ConditionalAccessBenignStatusCodes) to exclude known benign status codes. You can customize this watchlist with status codes that are expected in your environment and do not indicate malicious activity.
By default, the watchlist-based filtering is commented out to provide full visibility into all relevant events. You may choose to enable this filter by uncommenting the corresponding line in the query to reduce noise from known benign scenarios.'