Privileged Account Creation

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.initial-access attack.defense-evasion attack.persistence attack.privilege-escalation attack.t1078.004  ·
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Detects when a new admin is created.

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 1title: Privileged Account Creation
 2id: f7b5b004-dece-46e4-a4a5-f6fd0e1c6947
 3status: test
 4description: Detects when a new admin is created.
 5references:
 6    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-privileged-accounts#changes-to-privileged-accounts
 7author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Yochana Henderson, '@Yochana-H', Tim Shelton
 8date: 2022-08-11
 9modified: 2022-08-16
10tags:
11    - attack.initial-access
12    - attack.defense-evasion
13    - attack.persistence
14    - attack.privilege-escalation
15    - attack.t1078.004
16logsource:
17    product: azure
18    service: auditlogs
19detection:
20    selection:
21        properties.message|contains|all:
22            - Add user
23            - Add member to role
24        Status: Success
25    condition: selection
26falsepositives:
27    - A legitimate new admin account being created
28level: medium

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