Changes to Application Ownership

AuditLogs
  | where Category =~ "ApplicationManagement"
  | where OperationName =~ "Add owner to application"
  | extend appName = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.app)).displayName)
  | extend UPN = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName)
  | extend UpdatedBy = iif(isnotempty(appName), appName, UPN)
  | extend mod_props = TargetResources[0].modifiedProperties
  | extend AddedUser = TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName
  | mv-expand mod_props
  | where mod_props.displayName =~ "Application.DisplayName"
  | extend AppName = tostring(parse_json(tostring(mod_props.newValue)))
  | project-reorder TimeGenerated, OperationName, AppName, AddedUser, UpdatedBy

severity: Medium
triggerThreshold: 0
metadata:
  source:
    kind: Community
  support:
    tier: Community
  categories:
    domains:
    - Security - Others
  author:
    name: Pete Bryan
queryFrequency: 1d
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
  dataTypes:
  - AuditLogs
id: cc5780ce-3245-4bba-8bc1-e9048c2257ce
version: 1.0.1
name: Changes to Application Ownership
kind: Scheduled
query: |
  AuditLogs
    | where Category =~ "ApplicationManagement"
    | where OperationName =~ "Add owner to application"
    | extend appName = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.app)).displayName)
    | extend UPN = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName)
    | extend UpdatedBy = iif(isnotempty(appName), appName, UPN)
    | extend mod_props = TargetResources[0].modifiedProperties
    | extend AddedUser = TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName
    | mv-expand mod_props
    | where mod_props.displayName =~ "Application.DisplayName"
    | extend AppName = tostring(parse_json(tostring(mod_props.newValue)))
    | project-reorder TimeGenerated, OperationName, AppName, AddedUser, UpdatedBy  
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/AuditLogs/ChangestoApplicationOwnership.yaml
queryPeriod: 1d
relevantTechniques:
- T1078.004
triggerOperator: gt
tactics:
- Persistence
- PrivilegeEscalation
tags:
- AADSecOpsGuide
description: |
  'Detects changes to the ownership of an appplicaiton.
    Monitor these changes to make sure that they were authorized.
    Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/security-operations-applications#new-owner'  
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: UpdatedBy
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: AddedUser

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            ],
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              {
                "columnName": "AddedUser",
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              }
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