defense_evasion_azure_blob_permissions_modified.toml

[metadata]
creation_date = "2021/09/22"
integration = ["azure"]
maturity = "production"
min_stack_comments = "New fields added: required_fields, related_integrations, setup"
min_stack_version = "8.3.0"
updated_date = "2022/12/14"

[rule]
author = ["Austin Songer"]
description = """
Identifies when the Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) permissions are modified for an Azure Blob. An
adversary may modify the permissions on a blob to weaken their target's security controls or an administrator may
inadvertently modify the permissions, which could lead to data exposure or loss.
"""
false_positives = [
    """
    Blob permissions may be modified by system administrators. Verify that the configuration change was expected.
    Exceptions can be added to this rule to filter expected behavior.
    """,
]
index = ["filebeat-*", "logs-azure*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Azure Blob Permissions Modification"
note = """## Setup

The Azure Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule."""
references = ["https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles"]
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "d79c4b2a-6134-4edd-86e6-564a92a933f9"
severity = "medium"
tags = ["Elastic", "Cloud", "Azure", "Continuous Monitoring", "SecOps", "Identity and Access"]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "query"

query = '''
event.dataset:azure.activitylogs and azure.activitylogs.operation_name:(
     "MICROSOFT.STORAGE/STORAGEACCOUNTS/BLOBSERVICES/CONTAINERS/BLOBS/MANAGEOWNERSHIP/ACTION" or
     "MICROSOFT.STORAGE/STORAGEACCOUNTS/BLOBSERVICES/CONTAINERS/BLOBS/MODIFYPERMISSIONS/ACTION") and
  event.outcome:(Success or success)
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1222"
name = "File and Directory Permissions Modification"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1222/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0005"
name = "Defense Evasion"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"