ms_graph_updatable_groups_enumeration


Description

This detects actions intended to identify updatable groups in Entra ID. GraphRunner contains a function called Get-UpdatableGroups but other tools may as well.

Query · yara_l

events:
    $group.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_HTTP"
    $group.metadata.product_event_type = "Microsoft Graph Activity"
    $group.target.url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups" nocase
    //Can be tuned for specific User Agent strings being used - by default GraphRunner does not forge the UA for this action
    //$group.network.http.user_agent = /PowerShell/ nocase
    $group.network.http.method = "GET"
    $group.network.http.response_code = 200
    $group.principal.ip = $ip
    $group.network.session_id = $session

    $api.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_HTTP"
    $api.metadata.product_event_type = "Microsoft Graph Activity"
    $api.target.url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/roleManagement/directory/estimateAccess" nocase
    //Can be tuned for specific User Agent strings being used - by default GraphRunner does not forge the UA for this action
    //$api.network.http.user_agent = /PowerShell/ nocase
    $api.network.http.method = "POST"
    $api.network.http.response_code = 200
    $api.principal.ip = $ip
    $api.network.session_id = $session

  match:
    $ip, $session over 5m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = 35
    $event_count = count_distinct($group.metadata.id) + count_distinct($api.metadata.id)
    $requesting_user_guid = array_distinct($api.principal.user.userid)
    $requesting_ip = array_distinct($api.principal.ip)
    $user_agent = array_distinct($api.network.http.user_agent)
    $location = array_distinct($api.principal.location.name)
    $target_application_id_guid = array_distinct($api.target.resource.product_object_id)
    $session_id = array_distinct($api.network.session_id)

  condition:
    $group and $api
Raw source ms_graph_updatable_groups_enumeration · YARA-L
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Published by chronicle/detection-rules ↗, licensed under Apache 2.0 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule ms_graph_updatable_groups_enumeration {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "This detects actions intended to identify updatable groups in Entra ID. GraphRunner contains a function called Get-UpdatableGroups but other tools may as well."
    rule_id = "mr_e1deedad-14f9-4718-9e0b-4f58aae38fdc"
    rule_name = "Enumeration of updatable groups in the Microsoft Graph API"
    reference = "https://github.com/dafthack/GraphRunner/blob/main/GraphRunner.ps1"
    type = "alert"
    data_source = "MS Graph Activity Logs"
    platform = "Azure"
    severity = "Low"
    priority = "Low"

  events:
    $group.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_HTTP"
    $group.metadata.product_event_type = "Microsoft Graph Activity"
    $group.target.url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups" nocase
    //Can be tuned for specific User Agent strings being used - by default GraphRunner does not forge the UA for this action
    //$group.network.http.user_agent = /PowerShell/ nocase
    $group.network.http.method = "GET"
    $group.network.http.response_code = 200
    $group.principal.ip = $ip
    $group.network.session_id = $session

    $api.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_HTTP"
    $api.metadata.product_event_type = "Microsoft Graph Activity"
    $api.target.url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/roleManagement/directory/estimateAccess" nocase
    //Can be tuned for specific User Agent strings being used - by default GraphRunner does not forge the UA for this action
    //$api.network.http.user_agent = /PowerShell/ nocase
    $api.network.http.method = "POST"
    $api.network.http.response_code = 200
    $api.principal.ip = $ip
    $api.network.session_id = $session

  match:
    $ip, $session over 5m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = 35
    $event_count = count_distinct($group.metadata.id) + count_distinct($api.metadata.id)
    $requesting_user_guid = array_distinct($api.principal.user.userid)
    $requesting_ip = array_distinct($api.principal.ip)
    $user_agent = array_distinct($api.network.http.user_agent)
    $location = array_distinct($api.principal.location.name)
    $target_application_id_guid = array_distinct($api.target.resource.product_object_id)
    $session_id = array_distinct($api.network.session_id)

  condition:
    $group and $api
}

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