App Assigned To Azure RBAC/Microsoft Entra Role
Detects when an app is assigned Azure AD roles, such as global administrator, or Azure RBAC roles, such as subscription owner.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- IaaSIdentity ProviderOffice SuiteSaaS
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- azure
- Log source service
- auditlogs
Known benign triggers
- When the permission is legitimately needed for the app
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-applications#service-principal-assigned-to-a-role | 13from 2 sources |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- b04934b2-0a68-4845-8a19-bdfed3a68a7a
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1