[Entra ID] Application Assigned Administrator Permissions Immediately After Obtaining Role Management Permissions

Detects an application receiving administrator permissions and then using them to assign a role. This pattern can indicate rapid privilege escalation through app consent abuse.

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Platform: IaaS Identity Provider Office Suite SaaS
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
Log source product: azureactivedirectory
Log source service: auditlogs

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[Entra ID] Application Assigned Administrator Permissions Immediately After Obtaining Role Management Permissions

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Detection requirements

MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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Licence

Authorship

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