Azure Command Execution on Virtual Machine

Identifies command execution on a virtual machine (VM) in Azure. A Virtual Machine Contributor role lets you manage virtual machines, but does not allow accessing them or the virtual network or storage account they’re connected to. However, commands can be run via PowerShell on the VM, which execute as System. Other roles, such as certain Administrator roles, may be able to execute commands on a VM as well.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

filebeat-*
logs-azure*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-25m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

Elastic
Cloud
Azure
Continuous Monitoring
SecOps
Log Auditing

Version: 8

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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## Setup

The Azure Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

Rule query

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event.dataset:azure.activitylogs and azure.activitylogs.operation_name:"MICROSOFT.COMPUTE/VIRTUALMACHINES/RUNCOMMAND/ACTION" and event.outcome:(Success or success)

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Execution
- ID: TA0002
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/
Technique:
- Name: Command and Scripting Interpreter
- ID: T1059
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/

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