An identity was granted permissions to manage user access to Azure resources

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	5 Days
Required Data	Azure Audit Log
Detection Modules	Cloud
ATT&CK Tactic	Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004), Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Temporary Elevated Cloud Access (T1548.005)
Severity	Informational

Description

An identity was granted the User Access Administrator permission at the tenant scope.

Attacker's Goals

• Elevate permission to gain access to all Azure Subscriptions.

Investigative actions

• Verify whether the identity should be making this action.* Check what additional API calls were made by the identity.