IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.

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Google Workspace Admin Role Assigned to a User

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Google Workspace Admin Role Assigned to a User

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Detects when an admin role is assigned to a Google Workspace user. An adversary may assign an admin role to a user in order to elevate the permissions of another user account and persist in their target’s environment.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

filebeat-*
logs-google_workspace*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 10m

Searches indices from: now-130m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/172176?hl=en

Tags:

Elastic
Cloud
Google Workspace
Continuous Monitoring
SecOps
Identity and Access

Version: 12

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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## Setup

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

### Important Information Regarding Google Workspace Event Lag Times
- As per Google's documentation, Google Workspace administrators may observe lag times ranging from minutes up to 3 days between the time of an event's occurrence and the event being visible in the Google Workspace admin/audit logs.
- This rule is configured to run every 10 minutes with a lookback time of 130 minutes.
- To reduce the risk of false negatives, consider reducing the interval that the Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) Filebeat module polls Google's reporting API for new events.
- By default, `var.interval` is set to 2 hours (2h). Consider changing this interval to a lower value, such as 10 minutes (10m).
- See the following references for further information:
  - https://support.google.com/a/answer/7061566
  - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-module-gsuite.html

Rule query

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event.dataset:(gsuite.admin or google_workspace.admin) and event.provider:admin and event.category:iam and event.action:ASSIGN_ROLE

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
Technique:
- Name: Account Manipulation
- ID: T1098
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/

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