Malicious Federation Trust Modification for Golden SAML Persistence in Entra ID (via azure auditlogs)

ATT&CK techniques

Priv Esc → Cred Access

Recon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
Execution
Persistence
Priv Esc
- T1484.002Trust Modification
Defense Evasion
- T1484.002Trust Modification
Cred Access
- T1606.002SAML Tokens
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects Entra ID audit events that add or change domain federation settings, the control-plane action SolarWinds intruders used to establish Golden SAML persistence by trusting attacker-controlled token signing. Modifying federation trust lets an adversary forge SAML tokens for any user, so unexpected changes are a high-severity identity persistence indicator.

Reporting behind it

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Malicious Federation Trust Modification for Golden SAML Persistence in Entra ID (via azure auditlogs)

Pivot detection · T1606.002 · 8 related

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