Microsoft 365 Exchange Management Group Role Assignment
Identifies when a new role is assigned to a management group in Microsoft 365. An adversary may attempt to add a role in order to maintain persistence in an environment.
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1[metadata]
2creation_date = "2020/11/20"
3integration = ["o365"]
4maturity = "production"
5min_stack_comments = "Breaking change at 8.8.0 for Microsoft 365 Integration."
6min_stack_version = "8.8.0"
7updated_date = "2024/04/02"
8
9[rule]
10author = ["Elastic"]
11description = """
12Identifies when a new role is assigned to a management group in Microsoft 365. An adversary may attempt to add a role in
13order to maintain persistence in an environment.
14"""
15false_positives = [
16 """
17 A new role may be assigned to a management group by a system or network administrator. Verify that the configuration
18 change was expected. Exceptions can be added to this rule to filter expected behavior.
19 """,
20]
21from = "now-30m"
22index = ["filebeat-*", "logs-o365*"]
23language = "kuery"
24license = "Elastic License v2"
25name = "Microsoft 365 Exchange Management Group Role Assignment"
26note = """## Setup
27
28The Office 365 Logs Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule."""
29references = [
30 "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/new-managementroleassignment?view=exchange-ps",
31 "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/add-users/about-admin-roles?view=o365-worldwide",
32]
33risk_score = 47
34rule_id = "98995807-5b09-4e37-8a54-5cae5dc932d7"
35severity = "medium"
36tags = ["Domain: Cloud", "Data Source: Microsoft 365", "Use Case: Identity and Access Audit", "Tactic: Persistence"]
37timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
38type = "query"
39
40query = '''
41event.dataset:o365.audit and event.provider:Exchange and event.category:web and event.action:"New-ManagementRoleAssignment" and event.outcome:success
42'''
43
44
45[[rule.threat]]
46framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
47[[rule.threat.technique]]
48id = "T1098"
49name = "Account Manipulation"
50reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/"
51
52
53[rule.threat.tactic]
54id = "TA0003"
55name = "Persistence"
56reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"
Setup
The Office 365 Logs Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.
References
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