Suspicious Microsoft 365 Mail Access by ClientAppId

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Suspicious Microsoft 365 Mail Access by ClientAppId

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Identifies when a Microsoft 365 Mailbox is accessed by a ClientAppId that was observed for the fist time during the last 10 days.

Rule type: new_terms

Rule indices:

  • filebeat-*
  • logs-o365*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-30m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

  • Domain: Cloud
  • Data Source: Microsoft 365
  • Use Case: Configuration Audit
  • Tactic: Initial Access

Version: 106

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Triage and analysis

Investigating Suspicious Microsoft 365 Mail Access by ClientAppId

  • Verify the ClientAppId, source.ip and geolocation associated with Mail Access.
  • Verify the total number of used ClientAppId by that specific user.id.
  • Verify if the mailbox owner was on leave and just resumed working or not.
  • Verify if there are other alerts associated with the same user.id.
  • Verify the total number of connections from that ClientAppId, if it’s accessing other mailboxes and with a high frequency there is a high chance it’s a false positive.

False positive analysis

  • Legit Microsoft or third party ClientAppId.
  • User changing of ClientAppId or new connection post an extended period of leave.
  • If the total number of accessed Mailboxes by ClientAppId is too high there is a high chance it’s a false positive.

Setup

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Setup

The Office 365 Logs Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

Rule query

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event.dataset:o365.audit and event.provider:Exchange and event.category:web and event.action:MailItemsAccessed and event.outcome:success and
not o365.audit.ClientAppId : ("13937bba-652e-4c46-b222-3003f4d1ff97" or "6326e366-9d6d-4c70-b22a-34c7ea72d73d" or
 "a3883eba-fbe9-48bd-9ed3-dca3e0e84250" or "d3590ed6-52b3-4102-aeff-aad2292ab01c" or "27922004-5251-4030-b22d-91ecd9a37ea4" or
 "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264" or "26a7ee05-5602-4d76-a7ba-eae8b7b67941" or "00000002-0000-0000-c000-000000000000" or
 "00000002-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000" or "00000003-0000-0000-c000-000000000000" or "ffcb16e8-f789-467c-8ce9-f826a080d987" or
 "00000003-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000" or "00000004-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000" or "00000005-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000" or
 "00000006-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000" or "00000007-0000-0000-c000-000000000000" or "00000007-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000" or
 "00000009-0000-0000-c000-000000000000" or "0000000c-0000-0000-c000-000000000000" or "00000015-0000-0000-c000-000000000000" or
 "0000001a-0000-0000-c000-000000000000" or "00b41c95-dab0-4487-9791-b9d2c32c80f2" or "022907d3-0f1b-48f7-badc-1ba6abab6d66" or
 "04b07795-8ddb-461a-bbee-02f9e1bf7b46" or "08e18876-6177-487e-b8b5-cf950c1e598c" or "0cb7b9ec-5336-483b-bc31-b15b5788de71" or
 "0cd196ee-71bf-4fd6-a57c-b491ffd4fb1e" or "0f698dd4-f011-4d23-a33e-b36416dcb1e6" or "13937bba-652e-4c46-b222-3003f4d1ff97" or
 "14d82eec-204b-4c2f-b7e8-296a70dab67e" or "16aeb910-ce68-41d1-9ac3-9e1673ac9575" or "1786c5ed-9644-47b2-8aa0-7201292175b6" or
 "17d5e35f-655b-4fb0-8ae6-86356e9a49f5" or "18fbca16-2224-45f6-85b0-f7bf2b39b3f3" or "1950a258-227b-4e31-a9cf-717495945fc2" or
 "1b3c667f-cde3-4090-b60b-3d2abd0117f0" or "1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264" or "20a11fe0-faa8-4df5-baf2-f965f8f9972e" or
 "23523755-3a2b-41ca-9315-f81f3f566a95" or "243c63a3-247d-41c5-9d83-7788c43f1c43" or "268761a2-03f3-40df-8a8b-c3db24145b6b" or
 "26a7ee05-5602-4d76-a7ba-eae8b7b67941" or "26abc9a8-24f0-4b11-8234-e86ede698878" or "27922004-5251-4030-b22d-91ecd9a37ea4" or
 "28b567f6-162c-4f54-99a0-6887f387bbcc" or "29d9ed98-a469-4536-ade2-f981bc1d605e" or "2abdc806-e091-4495-9b10-b04d93c3f040" or
 "2d4d3d8e-2be3-4bef-9f87-7875a61c29de" or "2d7f3606-b07d-41d1-b9d2-0d0c9296a6e8" or "3090ab82-f1c1-4cdf-af2c-5d7a6f3e2cc7" or
 "35d54a08-36c9-4847-9018-93934c62740c" or "37182072-3c9c-4f6a-a4b3-b3f91cacffce" or "38049638-cc2c-4cde-abe4-4479d721ed44" or
 "3c896ded-22c5-450f-91f6-3d1ef0848f6e" or "4345a7b9-9a63-4910-a426-35363201d503" or "45a330b1-b1ec-4cc1-9161-9f03992aa49f" or
 "47629505-c2b6-4a80-adb1-9b3a3d233b7b" or "4765445b-32c6-49b0-83e6-1d93765276ca" or "497effe9-df71-4043-a8bb-14cf78c4b63b" or
 "4b233688-031c-404b-9a80-a4f3f2351f90" or "4d5c2d63-cf83-4365-853c-925fd1a64357" or "51be292c-a17e-4f17-9a7e-4b661fb16dd2" or
 "5572c4c0-d078-44ce-b81c-6cbf8d3ed39e" or "5e3ce6c0-2b1f-4285-8d4b-75ee78787346" or "60c8bde5-3167-4f92-8fdb-059f6176dc0f" or
 "61109738-7d2b-4a0b-9fe3-660b1ff83505" or "62256cef-54c0-4cb4-bcac-4c67989bdc40" or "6253bca8-faf2-4587-8f2f-b056d80998a7" or
 "65d91a3d-ab74-42e6-8a2f-0add61688c74" or "66a88757-258c-4c72-893c-3e8bed4d6899" or "67e3df25-268a-4324-a550-0de1c7f97287" or
 "69893ee3-dd10-4b1c-832d-4870354be3d8" or "74658136-14ec-4630-ad9b-26e160ff0fc6" or "74bcdadc-2fdc-4bb3-8459-76d06952a0e9" or
 "797f4846-ba00-4fd7-ba43-dac1f8f63013" or "7ab7862c-4c57-491e-8a45-d52a7e023983" or "7ae974c5-1af7-4923-af3a-fb1fd14dcb7e" or
 "7b7531ad-5926-4f2d-8a1d-38495ad33e17" or "80ccca67-54bd-44ab-8625-4b79c4dc7775" or "835b2a73-6e10-4aa5-a979-21dfda45231c" or
 "871c010f-5e61-4fb1-83ac-98610a7e9110" or "89bee1f7-5e6e-4d8a-9f3d-ecd601259da7" or "8edd93e1-2103-40b4-bd70-6e34e586362d" or
 "905fcf26-4eb7-48a0-9ff0-8dcc7194b5ba" or "91ca2ca5-3b3e-41dd-ab65-809fa3dffffa" or "93625bc8-bfe2-437a-97e0-3d0060024faa" or
 "93d53678-613d-4013-afc1-62e9e444a0a5" or "944f0bd1-117b-4b1c-af26-804ed95e767e" or "94c63fef-13a3-47bc-8074-75af8c65887a" or
 "95de633a-083e-42f5-b444-a4295d8e9314" or "97cb1f73-50df-47d1-8fb0-0271f2728514" or "98db8bd6-0cc0-4e67-9de5-f187f1cd1b41" or
 "99b904fd-a1fe-455c-b86c-2f9fb1da7687" or "9ea1ad79-fdb6-4f9a-8bc3-2b70f96e34c7" or "a3475900-ccec-4a69-98f5-a65cd5dc5306" or
 "a3b79187-70b2-4139-83f9-6016c58cd27b" or "a57aca87-cbc0-4f3c-8b9e-dc095fdc8978" or "a970bac6-63fe-4ec5-8884-8536862c42d4" or
 "a9b49b65-0a12-430b-9540-c80b3332c127" or "ab9b8c07-8f02-4f72-87fa-80105867a763" or "ae8e128e-080f-4086-b0e3-4c19301ada69" or
 "b23dd4db-9142-4734-867f-3577f640ad0c" or "b4bddae8-ab25-483e-8670-df09b9f1d0ea" or "b669c6ea-1adf-453f-b8bc-6d526592b419" or
 "b6e69c34-5f1f-4c34-8cdf-7fea120b8670" or "bb2a2e3a-c5e7-4f0a-88e0-8e01fd3fc1f4" or "bdd48c81-3a58-4ea9-849c-ebea7f6b6360" or
 "c1c74fed-04c9-4704-80dc-9f79a2e515cb" or "c35cb2ba-f88b-4d15-aa9d-37bd443522e1" or "c44b4083-3bb0-49c1-b47d-974e53cbdf3c" or
 "c9a559d2-7aab-4f13-a6ed-e7e9c52aec87" or "cc15fd57-2c6c-4117-a88c-83b1d56b4bbe" or "cf36b471-5b44-428c-9ce7-313bf84528de" or
 "cf53fce8-def6-4aeb-8d30-b158e7b1cf83" or "d176f6e7-38e5-40c9-8a78-3998aab820e7" or "d3590ed6-52b3-4102-aeff-aad2292ab01c" or
 "d73f4b35-55c9-48c7-8b10-651f6f2acb2e" or "d9b8ec3a-1e4e-4e08-b3c2-5baf00c0fcb0" or "de8bc8b5-d9f9-48b1-a8ad-b748da725064" or
 "dfe74da8-9279-44ec-8fb2-2aed9e1c73d0" or "e1ef36fd-b883-4dbf-97f0-9ece4b576fc6" or "e64aa8bc-8eb4-40e2-898b-cf261a25954f" or
 "e9f49c6b-5ce5-44c8-925d-015017e9f7ad" or "ee272b19-4411-433f-8f28-5c13cb6fd407" or "f5eaa862-7f08-448c-9c4e-f4047d4d4521" or
 "fb78d390-0c51-40cd-8e17-fdbfab77341b" or "fc0f3af4-6835-4174-b806-f7db311fd2f3" or "fdf9885b-dd37-42bf-82e5-c3129ef5a302")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM