Guest or external account added to a privileged Entra ID role

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Hunting query that identifies guest or external accounts being added to privileged Entra ID directory roles. External accounts are identified by the presence of #EXT# in the UserPrincipalName, which is the standard suffix assigned by Entra ID to all guest and B2B invited users. Privileged roles covered include Global Administrator, Privileged Role Administrator, Security Administrator, Exchange Administrator, SharePoint Administrator, Application Administrator, Cloud Application Administrator, A

Attribute Value
Type Hunting Query
Solution Standalone Content
ID abed6064-9406-4171-a961-5fd38de5f79a
Tactics Persistence, PrivilegeEscalation
Techniques T1098.003
Required Connectors AzureActiveDirectory
Source [View on GitHub](https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Hunting Queries/AuditLogs/GuestAccountAddedToPrivilegedRole.yaml)

Tables Used

This content item queries data from the following tables:

Table Selection Criteria Transformations Ingestion API Lake-Only
AuditLogs OperationName == "Add member to role." ✓ ✗ ✓

Associated Connectors

The following connectors provide data for this content item:

Connector Solution
AzureActiveDirectory Microsoft Entra ID

Solutions: Microsoft Entra ID


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