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# Azure Temporary Access Pass (TAP) registered to an account

### Synopsis

| Field                | Value                                                   |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period    | 14 Days                                                 |
| Training Period      | 30 Days                                                 |
| Test Period          | N/A (single event)                                      |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day                                                   |
| Required Data        | AzureAD Audit Log                                       |
| Detection Modules    | Identity Threat Module                                  |
| ATT\&CK Tactic       | Defense Evasion (TA0005), Privilege Escalation (TA0004) |
| ATT\&CK Technique    | Valid Accounts (T1078)                                  |
| Severity             | Informational                                           |

### Description

An identity registered an Azure Temporary Access Pass (TAP) to an account.

### Attacker's Goals

* A TAP can allow setting of other authentication methods and can be used as an initial replacement of a multifactor authentication.

### Investigative actions

* Check if the account that got the TAP should get it.
* Check whether the account that registered the TAP is supposed to perform such actions.
* Check if the TAP was registered to a privileged account.
* Follow further actions done by the initiator and the account with the TAP.

### Variations

<details>

<summary>Azure Temporary Access Pass (TAP) registered to a privileged account</summary>

**Synopsis**

| Field             | Value                                                   |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic    | Defense Evasion (TA0005), Privilege Escalation (TA0004) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Valid Accounts (T1078)                                  |
| Severity          | Medium                                                  |

**Description**

An identity registered an Azure Temporary Access Pass (TAP) to an account.

**Attacker's Goals**

* A TAP can allow setting of other authentication methods and can be used as an initial replacement of a multifactor authentication.

**Investigative actions**

* Check if the account that got the TAP should get it.
* Check whether the account that registered the TAP is supposed to perform such actions.
* Check if the TAP was registered to a privileged account.
* Follow further actions done by the initiator and the account with the TAP.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Abnormal Azure Temporary Access Pass (TAP) account registration</summary>

**Synopsis**

| Field             | Value                                                   |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic    | Defense Evasion (TA0005), Privilege Escalation (TA0004) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Valid Accounts (T1078)                                  |
| Severity          | Low                                                     |

**Description**

An identity registered an Azure Temporary Access Pass (TAP) to an account.

**Attacker's Goals**

* A TAP can allow setting of other authentication methods and can be used as an initial replacement of a multifactor authentication.

**Investigative actions**

* Check if the account that got the TAP should get it.
* Check whether the account that registered the TAP is supposed to perform such actions.
* Check if the TAP was registered to a privileged account.
* Follow further actions done by the initiator and the account with the TAP.

</details>


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