An identity was granted permissions to manage user access to Azure resources

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by Alert name

Product
Cortex XDR
Last date published
2024-10-08
Category
Analytics Alert Reference
Order
Alert name

Synopsis

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

5 Days

Required Data

  • Requires:
    • Azure Audit Log

Detection Modules

Cloud

Detector Tags

ATT&CK Tactic

Discovery (TA0007)

ATT&CK Technique

Account Discovery (T1087)

Severity

Informational

Description

An identity was granted the User Access Administrator permission at the tenant scope.

Attacker's Goals

  • Elevate permission to gain access to all Azure Subscriptions.

Investigative actions

  • Verify whether the identity should be making this action.
  • Check what additional API calls were made by the identity.