PIM Approvals And Deny Elevation

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.persistence attack.initial-access attack.defense-evasion attack.privilege-escalation attack.t1078.004  ·
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Detects when a PIM elevation is approved or denied. Outside of normal operations should be investigated.

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 1title: PIM Approvals And Deny Elevation
 2id: 039a7469-0296-4450-84c0-f6966b16dc6d
 3status: test
 4description: Detects when a PIM elevation is approved or denied. Outside of normal operations should be investigated.
 5references:
 6    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-privileged-identity-management#azure-ad-roles-assignment
 7author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Yochana Henderson, '@Yochana-H'
 8date: 2022-08-09
 9tags:
10    - attack.persistence
11    - attack.initial-access
12    - attack.defense-evasion
13    - attack.privilege-escalation
14    - attack.t1078.004
15logsource:
16    product: azure
17    service: auditlogs
18detection:
19    selection:
20        properties.message: Request Approved/Denied
21    condition: selection
22falsepositives:
23    - Actual admin using PIM.
24level: high

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