Office Policy Tampering

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Id	fbd72eb8-087e-466b-bd54-1ca6ea08c6d3
Rulename	Office Policy Tampering
Description	Identifies if any tampering is done to either auditlog, ATP Safelink, SafeAttachment, AntiPhish or Dlp policy. An adversary may use this technique to evade detection or avoid other policy based defenses. References: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/exchange/advanced-threat-protection/remove-antiphishrule?view=exchange-ps.
Severity	Medium
Tactics	Persistence DefenseEvasion
Techniques	T1098 T1562
Required data connectors	Office365
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 365/Analytic Rules/office_policytampering.yaml
Version	2.0.3
Arm template	fbd72eb8-087e-466b-bd54-1ca6ea08c6d3.json

KQL

let opList = OfficeActivity 
| summarize by Operation
//| where Operation startswith "Remove-" or Operation startswith "Disable-"
| where Operation has_any ("Remove", "Disable")
| where Operation contains "AntiPhish" or Operation contains "SafeAttachment" or Operation contains "SafeLinks" or Operation contains "Dlp" or Operation contains "Audit"
| summarize make_set(Operation, 500);
OfficeActivity
// Only admin or global-admin can disable/remove policy
| where RecordType =~ "ExchangeAdmin"
| where UserType in~ ("Admin","DcAdmin")
// Pass in interesting Operation list
| where Operation in~ (opList)
| extend ClientIPOnly = case( 
ClientIP has ".", tostring(split(ClientIP,":")[0]), 
ClientIP has "[", tostring(trim_start(@'[[]',tostring(split(ClientIP,"]")[0]))),
ClientIP
)  
| extend Port = case(
ClientIP has ".", (split(ClientIP,":")[1]),
ClientIP has "[", tostring(split(ClientIP,"]:")[1]),
ClientIP
)
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), OperationCount = count() by Operation, UserType, UserId, ClientIP = ClientIPOnly, Port, ResultStatus, Parameters
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, "@")[1])

YAML

queryPeriod: 1d
version: 2.0.3
tactics:
- Persistence
- DefenseEvasion
queryFrequency: 1d
id: fbd72eb8-087e-466b-bd54-1ca6ea08c6d3
triggerOperator: gt
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
  - OfficeActivity (Exchange)
  connectorId: Office365
severity: Medium
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - columnName: UserId
    identifier: FullName
  - columnName: AccountName
    identifier: Name
  - columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
    identifier: UPNSuffix
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - columnName: ClientIP
    identifier: Address
triggerThreshold: 0
relevantTechniques:
- T1098
- T1562
query: |
  let opList = OfficeActivity 
  | summarize by Operation
  //| where Operation startswith "Remove-" or Operation startswith "Disable-"
  | where Operation has_any ("Remove", "Disable")
  | where Operation contains "AntiPhish" or Operation contains "SafeAttachment" or Operation contains "SafeLinks" or Operation contains "Dlp" or Operation contains "Audit"
  | summarize make_set(Operation, 500);
  OfficeActivity
  // Only admin or global-admin can disable/remove policy
  | where RecordType =~ "ExchangeAdmin"
  | where UserType in~ ("Admin","DcAdmin")
  // Pass in interesting Operation list
  | where Operation in~ (opList)
  | extend ClientIPOnly = case( 
  ClientIP has ".", tostring(split(ClientIP,":")[0]), 
  ClientIP has "[", tostring(trim_start(@'[[]',tostring(split(ClientIP,"]")[0]))),
  ClientIP
  )  
  | extend Port = case(
  ClientIP has ".", (split(ClientIP,":")[1]),
  ClientIP has "[", tostring(split(ClientIP,"]:")[1]),
  ClientIP
  )
  | summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), OperationCount = count() by Operation, UserType, UserId, ClientIP = ClientIPOnly, Port, ResultStatus, Parameters
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, "@")[1])  
kind: Scheduled
name: Office Policy Tampering
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Microsoft 365/Analytic Rules/office_policytampering.yaml
description: |
  'Identifies if any tampering is done to either auditlog, ATP Safelink, SafeAttachment, AntiPhish or Dlp policy. 
  An adversary may use this technique to evade detection or avoid other policy based defenses.
  References: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/exchange/advanced-threat-protection/remove-antiphishrule?view=exchange-ps.'  
status: Available

ARM

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "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/fbd72eb8-087e-466b-bd54-1ca6ea08c6d3')]",
      "kind": "Scheduled",
      "name": "[concat(parameters('workspace'),'/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/fbd72eb8-087e-466b-bd54-1ca6ea08c6d3')]",
      "properties": {
        "alertRuleTemplateName": "fbd72eb8-087e-466b-bd54-1ca6ea08c6d3",
        "customDetails": null,
        "description": "'Identifies if any tampering is done to either auditlog, ATP Safelink, SafeAttachment, AntiPhish or Dlp policy. \nAn adversary may use this technique to evade detection or avoid other policy based defenses.\nReferences: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/exchange/advanced-threat-protection/remove-antiphishrule?view=exchange-ps.'\n",
        "displayName": "Office Policy Tampering",
        "enabled": true,
        "entityMappings": [
          {
            "entityType": "Account",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "UserId",
                "identifier": "FullName"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "AccountName",
                "identifier": "Name"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "AccountUPNSuffix",
                "identifier": "UPNSuffix"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "entityType": "IP",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "ClientIP",
                "identifier": "Address"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Microsoft 365/Analytic Rules/office_policytampering.yaml",
        "query": "let opList = OfficeActivity \n| summarize by Operation\n//| where Operation startswith \"Remove-\" or Operation startswith \"Disable-\"\n| where Operation has_any (\"Remove\", \"Disable\")\n| where Operation contains \"AntiPhish\" or Operation contains \"SafeAttachment\" or Operation contains \"SafeLinks\" or Operation contains \"Dlp\" or Operation contains \"Audit\"\n| summarize make_set(Operation, 500);\nOfficeActivity\n// Only admin or global-admin can disable/remove policy\n| where RecordType =~ \"ExchangeAdmin\"\n| where UserType in~ (\"Admin\",\"DcAdmin\")\n// Pass in interesting Operation list\n| where Operation in~ (opList)\n| extend ClientIPOnly = case( \nClientIP has \".\", tostring(split(ClientIP,\":\")[0]), \nClientIP has \"[\", tostring(trim_start(@'[[]',tostring(split(ClientIP,\"]\")[0]))),\nClientIP\n)  \n| extend Port = case(\nClientIP has \".\", (split(ClientIP,\":\")[1]),\nClientIP has \"[\", tostring(split(ClientIP,\"]:\")[1]),\nClientIP\n)\n| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), OperationCount = count() by Operation, UserType, UserId, ClientIP = ClientIPOnly, Port, ResultStatus, Parameters\n| extend AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, \"@\")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, \"@\")[1])\n",
        "queryFrequency": "P1D",
        "queryPeriod": "P1D",
        "severity": "Medium",
        "status": "Available",
        "subTechniques": [],
        "suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
        "suppressionEnabled": false,
        "tactics": [
          "DefenseEvasion",
          "Persistence"
        ],
        "techniques": [
          "T1098",
          "T1562"
        ],
        "templateVersion": "2.0.3",
        "triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
        "triggerThreshold": 0
      },
      "type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers/alertRules"
    }
  ]
}