O365 FullAccessAsApp Permission Assigned

Name:O365 FullAccessAsApp Permission Assigned
id:01a510b3-a6ac-4d50-8812-7e8a3cde3d79
version:3
date:2024-09-30
author:Mauricio Velazco, Splunk
status:production
type:TTP
Description:The following analytic detects the assignment of the 'full_access_as_app' permission to an application registration in Office 365 Exchange Online. This detection leverages Office 365 management activity logs and filters Azure Active Directory workload events to identify when the specific permission, identified by GUID 'dc890d15-9560-4a4c-9b7f-a736ec74ec40', is granted. This activity is significant because it provides extensive control over Office 365 operations, including access to all mailboxes and the ability to send mail as any user. If confirmed malicious, this could lead to unauthorized data access, exfiltration, or account compromise. Immediate investigation is required.
Data_source:

• -O365 Update application.

search:`o365_management_activity` Workload=AzureActiveDirectory Operation="Update application."
| eval newvalue = mvindex('ModifiedProperties{}.NewValue',0)
| spath input=newvalue
| search "{}.ResourceAppId"="00000002-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000" "{}.RequiredAppPermissions{}.EntitlementId"="dc890d15-9560-4a4c-9b7f-a736ec74ec40"
| eval Permissions = '{}.RequiredAppPermissions{}.EntitlementId'
| stats count earliest(_time) as firstTime latest(_time) as lastTime values(Permissions) by user, object, user_agent, Operation
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `o365_fullaccessasapp_permission_assigned_filter`

how_to_implement:You must install the Splunk Microsoft Office 365 Add-on and ingest Office 365 management activity events.
known_false_positives:The full_access_as_app API permission may be assigned to legitimate applications. Filter as needed.
References:
  -https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2024/01/microsoft-actions-following-attack-by-nation-state-actor-midnight-blizzard/
  -https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/01/25/midnight-blizzard-guidance-for-responders-on-nation-state-attack/
  -https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/002/
drilldown_searches:
 name:'View the detection results for - "$user$"'
 search:'%original_detection_search% | search user = "$user$"'
 earliest_offset:'$info_min_time$'
 latest_offset:'$info_max_time$'
 name:'View risk events for the last 7 days for - "$user$"'
 search:'| from datamodel Risk.All_Risk | search normalized_risk_object IN ("$user$") starthoursago=168 | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(search_name) as "Search Name" values(risk_message) as "Risk Message" values(analyticstories) as "Analytic Stories" values(annotations._all) as "Annotations" values(annotations.mitre_attack.mitre_tactic) as "ATT&CK Tactics" by normalized_risk_object | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`'
 earliest_offset:'$info_min_time$'
 latest_offset:'$info_max_time$'
tags:
  analytic_story:
    - 'Office 365 Persistence Mechanisms'
    - 'NOBELIUM Group'
  asset_type:O365 Tenant
  confidence:60
  impact:80
  message:User $user$ assigned the full_access_as_app permission to the app registration $object$
  mitre_attack_id:
    - 'T1098.002'
    - 'T1098.003'
  observable:
    name:'user'
    type:'User'
    - role:
      - 'Victim'
  product:
    - 'Splunk Enterprise'
    - 'Splunk Enterprise Security'
    - 'Splunk Cloud'
  risk_score:48
  required_fields:
    - '_time'
    - 'Workload'
    - 'Operation'
    - 'ModifiedProperties{}.NewValue'
    - 'object'
    - 'user'
    - 'user_agent'
  security_domain:identity

tests:
 name:'True Positive Test'
 attack_data:
  data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/attack_techniques/T1098.002/o365_full_access_as_app_permission_assigned/o365_full_access_as_app_permission_assigned.log
  source: o365:management:activity
  sourcetype: o365:management:activity
manual_test:None