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Azure audit logs: Delegated highly privileged permissions granted for all users

Alerts on Azure audit log events where delegated permissions are granted to all users.

FreeReviewedSigma · High · v5
Product
azure
Service
auditlogs
Author
Bailey Bercik '@baileybercik', Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow' (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published
2022-07-28
Updated
2026-07-31
AnalysisDetection

ATT&CK techniques

Cred Access

  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. C2

  13. Exfiltration

  14. Impact

What it detects

This rule flags events where an application is granted a delegated permission grant for all users with highly privileged scope. Such grants can enable broad access under the app’s identity, increasing the impact of credential theft or malicious OAuth consent. It relies on Azure audit log entries with the message indicating a delegated permission grant.

Reporting behind it

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Suspicious Token Request Using Microsoft Authentication Broker Client to Obtain Primary Refresh Token (via azure)
Suspicious Salesforce Connected App OAuth Authorization from VPN Egress
Suspicious M365 Device Code Authentication Flow via m365
Possible Illicit Consent Grant to OAuth Application via Azure AD
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Azure audit logs: Delegated highly privileged permissions granted for all users
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Changelog

v5
  1. v5
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  2. v4
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  3. v3
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  4. v2
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  5. v1
    No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.