Azure AD Service Principal Privilege Escalation

This detection identifies when an Azure Service Principal elevates privileges by adding themself to a new app role assignment.

Detection logic

Platform: IaaS Identity Provider Office Suite SaaS
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Log source category: azure_active_directory_add_app_role_assignment_to_service_principal

Links the source published beside this detection. Reference is the link the source wrote, unmodified. Class is decided by this catalogue from the host and path, not stated by the source. Cited by counts published detections citing the same resource, including this one, and the sources beneath it count the repositories this catalogue ingests, which is not the same as independent research.
Reference	Class	Cited by
github.com/mvelazc0/BadZure	Tool	2
posts.specterops.io/microsoft-breach-what-happened-what-should-azure-admins-do-da2b7e674ebc	Security research	2
splunk.github.io/splunk-add-on-for-microsoft-cloud-services/Install/	Unclassified	3
splunkbase.splunk.com/app/3110	Product documentation	3
www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/security/hunting-m365-invaders-navigating-the-shadows-of-midnight-blizzard.html	Security research	2