M365 Identity OAuth Flow by Rare Client to Microsoft Graph

Last updated 22 days ago on 2025-12-10
Created 8 months ago on 2025-05-01

About

Identifies sign-ins on behalf of a principal user to the Microsoft Graph API from multiple IPs using the Microsoft Authentication Broker or Visual Studio Code application. This behavior may indicate an adversary using a phished OAuth refresh token.
Tags
Domain: CloudDomain: EmailDomain: IdentityData Source: Microsoft 365Data Source: Microsoft 365 Audit LogsUse Case: Identity and Access AuditUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionLanguage: esql
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Credential Access (TA0006)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Initial Access (TA0001)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Related Integrations

o365(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Query
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from logs-o365.audit-* | where event.dataset == "o365.audit" and event.action == "UserLoggedIn" and source.ip is not null and o365.audit.UserId is not null and o365.audit.ApplicationId is not null and o365.audit.UserType in ("0", "2", "3", "10") and o365.audit.ApplicationId in ("aebc6443-996d-45c2-90f0-388ff96faa56", "29d9ed98-a469-4536-ade2-f981bc1d605e") and o365.audit.ObjectId in ("00000003-0000-0000-c000-000000000000") | eval Esql.time_window_date_trunc = date_trunc(30 minutes, @timestamp), Esql.oauth_authorize_user_id_case = case( o365.audit.ExtendedProperties.RequestType == "OAuth2:Authorize" and o365.audit.ExtendedProperties.ResultStatusDetail == "Redirect", o365.audit.UserId, null ), Esql.oauth_token_user_id_case = case( o365.audit.ExtendedProperties.RequestType == "OAuth2:Token", o365.audit.UserId, null ) | stats Esql.source_ip_count_distinct = count_distinct(source.ip), Esql.source_ip_values = values(source.ip), Esql.o365_audit_ApplicationId_values = values(o365.audit.ApplicationId), Esql.source_as_organization_name_values = values(source.`as`.organization.name), Esql.oauth_token_count_distinct = count_distinct(Esql.oauth_token_user_id_case), Esql.oauth_authorize_count_distinct = count_distinct(Esql.oauth_authorize_user_id_case) by o365.audit.UserId, Esql.time_window_date_trunc, o365.audit.ApplicationId, o365.audit.ObjectId | keep Esql.time_window_date_trunc, Esql.source_ip_values, Esql.source_ip_count_distinct, Esql.o365_audit_ApplicationId_values, Esql.source_as_organization_name_values, Esql.oauth_token_count_distinct, Esql.oauth_authorize_count_distinct | where Esql.source_ip_count_distinct >= 2 and Esql.oauth_token_count_distinct > 0 and Esql.oauth_authorize_count_distinct > 0

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect M365 Identity OAuth Flow by Rare Client to Microsoft Graph in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).