Azure DevOps Service Connection Abuse

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Id	d564ff12-8f53-41b8-8649-44f76b37b99f
Rulename	Azure DevOps Service Connection Abuse
Description	Flags builds/releases that use a large number of service connections if they aren’t manually in the allow list. This is to determine if someone is hijacking a build/release and adding many service connections in order to abuse or dump credentials from service connections.
Severity	Medium
Tactics	Persistence Impact
Techniques	T1098 T1496
Kind	Scheduled
Query frequency	1d
Query period	14d
Trigger threshold	0
Trigger operator	gt
Source Uri	https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/AzureDevOpsAuditing/Analytic Rules/AzDOServiceConnectionUsage.yaml
Version	1.0.6
Arm template	d564ff12-8f53-41b8-8649-44f76b37b99f.json

KQL

// How many greater than Service Connections you want to view per build/release
let ServiceConnectionThreshold = 4;
let BypassDefIds = datatable(DefId:string, Type:string, ProjectName:string)
[
//"103", "Release", "ProjectA",
//"42", "Release", "ProjectB",
//"122", "Build", "ProjectB"
];
ADOAuditLogs
| where OperationName == "Library.ServiceConnectionExecuted"
| extend DefId = tostring(Data.DefinitionId), Type = tostring(Data.PlanType), ConnectionId = tostring(Data.ConnectionId)
| parse ScopeDisplayName with OrganizationName ' (Organization)'
| summarize CurrentCount = dcount(tostring(ConnectionId)), ConnectionNames = make_set(tostring(Data.ConnectionName)), StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated)
  by OrganizationName, tostring(DefId), tostring(Type), ProjectId, ProjectName, ActorUPN, IpAddress
| where CurrentCount > ServiceConnectionThreshold
| join kind=anti BypassDefIds on $left.DefId==$right.DefId and $left.Type == $right.Type and $left.ProjectName == $right.ProjectName
| extend link = iif(
  Type == "Build", strcat('https://dev.azure.com/', OrganizationName, '/', ProjectName, '/_build?definitionId=', DefId),
  strcat('https://dev.azure.com/', OrganizationName, '/', ProjectName, '/_release?_a=releases&view=mine&definitionId=', DefId))
| extend timestamp = StartTime
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[1])

YAML

relevantTechniques:
- T1098
- T1496
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
  - columnName: ActorUPN
    identifier: FullName
  - columnName: AccountName
    identifier: Name
  - columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
    identifier: UPNSuffix
  entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
  - columnName: IpAddress
    identifier: Address
  entityType: IP
triggerThreshold: 0
description: |
  'Flags builds/releases that use a large number of service connections if they aren't manually in the allow list.
  This is to determine if someone is hijacking a build/release and adding many service connections in order to abuse or dump credentials from service connections.'  
requiredDataConnectors: []
triggerOperator: gt
version: 1.0.6
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/AzureDevOpsAuditing/Analytic Rules/AzDOServiceConnectionUsage.yaml
id: d564ff12-8f53-41b8-8649-44f76b37b99f
queryFrequency: 1d
query: |
  // How many greater than Service Connections you want to view per build/release
  let ServiceConnectionThreshold = 4;
  let BypassDefIds = datatable(DefId:string, Type:string, ProjectName:string)
  [
  //"103", "Release", "ProjectA",
  //"42", "Release", "ProjectB",
  //"122", "Build", "ProjectB"
  ];
  ADOAuditLogs
  | where OperationName == "Library.ServiceConnectionExecuted"
  | extend DefId = tostring(Data.DefinitionId), Type = tostring(Data.PlanType), ConnectionId = tostring(Data.ConnectionId)
  | parse ScopeDisplayName with OrganizationName ' (Organization)'
  | summarize CurrentCount = dcount(tostring(ConnectionId)), ConnectionNames = make_set(tostring(Data.ConnectionName)), StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated)
    by OrganizationName, tostring(DefId), tostring(Type), ProjectId, ProjectName, ActorUPN, IpAddress
  | where CurrentCount > ServiceConnectionThreshold
  | join kind=anti BypassDefIds on $left.DefId==$right.DefId and $left.Type == $right.Type and $left.ProjectName == $right.ProjectName
  | extend link = iif(
    Type == "Build", strcat('https://dev.azure.com/', OrganizationName, '/', ProjectName, '/_build?definitionId=', DefId),
    strcat('https://dev.azure.com/', OrganizationName, '/', ProjectName, '/_release?_a=releases&view=mine&definitionId=', DefId))
  | extend timestamp = StartTime
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[1])  
severity: Medium
status: Available
queryPeriod: 14d
name: Azure DevOps Service Connection Abuse
tactics:
- Persistence
- Impact
kind: Scheduled

ARM