o365_entra_id_app_modify_permission_change_on_watchlist

rule o365_entra_id_app_modify_permission_change_on_watchlist {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Alerts when a permission on the watchlist is applied to an Entra ID application."
    rule_id = "mr_678cafb8-ea1f-42ac-a396-238bc35e4d21"
    rule_name = "O365 Entra ID App Modify Permission Change On Watchlist"
    reference = "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/permissions-reference"
    assumption = "The list msgraph_watchlist_permissions is populated as needed with guid permissions Example: 024d486e-b451-40bb-833d-3e66d98c5c73 //Mail.Read.Write"
    type = "alert"
    platform = "azure"
    data_source = "o365"
    severity = "Medium"
    priority = "Medium"

  events:
    $app.metadata.event_type = "USER_RESOURCE_UPDATE_CONTENT"
    $app.metadata.product_name = "Office 365"
    $app.metadata.product_event_type = "Update application."
    $app.metadata.vendor_name = "Microsoft"
    $app.security_result.action = "ALLOW"
    (
        $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.key = /NewValue_EntitlementId-/ or
        $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.key = /OldValue_EntitlementId-/
    )
    $app.security_result.detection_fields["target_1"] = $app_name

  match:
    $app_name over 5m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = 65
    $event_count = count_distinct($app.metadata.id)
    $security_summary = array_distinct($app.security_result.summary)
    $user_agent = array_distinct($app.network.http.user_agent)
    //The reference list msgraph_watchlist_permissions matches on the GUID. List contents example row:  6aedf524-7e1c-45a7-bd76-ded8cab8d0fc //SecurityEvents.ReadWrite.All
    $watchlist_permissions_after_modification = array_distinct(if($app.target.resource.attribute.labels.key = /NewValue_EntitlementId/ and $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value IN %msgraph_watchlist_permissions, $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value,""))
    $watchlist_permissions_before_modification = array_distinct(if($app.target.resource.attribute.labels.key = /OldValue_EntitlementId/ and $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value IN %msgraph_watchlist_permissions, $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value,""))
    $permissions_after_modification = array_distinct(if($app.target.resource.attribute.labels.key = /NewValue_EntitlementId/ and $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value !="", $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value,""))
    $permissions_before_modification = array_distinct(if($app.target.resource.attribute.labels.key = /OldValue_EntitlementId/ and $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value !="", $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value,""))
    $total_permissions_after_modification = count_distinct(if($app.target.resource.attribute.labels.key = /NewValue_EntitlementId/ and $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value !="", $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value, "")) - 1
    $total_permissions_before_modification = count_distinct(if($app.target.resource.attribute.labels.key = /OldValue_EntitlementId/ and $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value !="", $app.target.resource.attribute.labels.value, "")) - 1
    //added to populate alert graph with additional context
    $principal_user_userid = array_distinct($app.principal.user.userid)

  condition:
    $app
}