Azure Active Directory Hybrid Health AD FS New Server
testmediumLog-Quelle: azure · activitylogsAutor Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research), MSTICDatum 2021-08-26
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Beschreibung
Was dies ist, in Kürze.
This detection uses azureactivity logs (Administrative category) to identify the creation or update of a server instance in an Azure AD Hybrid health AD FS service. A threat actor can create a new AD Health ADFS service and create a fake server instance to spoof AD FS signing logs. There is no need to compromise an on-prem AD FS server. This can be done programmatically via HTTP requests to Azure.
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Tags
attack.defense-impairmentattack.t1578
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Regelquelle (YAML)
title: Azure Active Directory Hybrid Health AD FS New Server
id: 288a39fc-4914-4831-9ada-270e9dc12cb4
status: test
description: |
This detection uses azureactivity logs (Administrative category) to identify the creation or update of a server instance in an Azure AD Hybrid health AD FS service.
A threat actor can create a new AD Health ADFS service and create a fake server instance to spoof AD FS signing logs. There is no need to compromise an on-prem AD FS server.
This can be done programmatically via HTTP requests to Azure.
references:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220619212736/https://o365blog.com/post/hybridhealthagent/
- https://aadinternals.com/talks/HelSec%20August%202021.pdf
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/permissions/identity#microsoftadhybridhealthservice
- https://www.inversecos.com/2023/01/detecting-fake-events-in-azure-sign-in.html
author: Roberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research), MSTIC
date: 2021-08-26
modified: 2026-10-21
tags:
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1578
logsource:
product: azure
service: activitylogs
detection:
selection:
category: 'Administrative'
resourceId|contains: 'AdFederationService'
operationName: 'MICROSOFT.ADHYBRIDHEALTHSERVICE/SERVICES/SERVICEMEMBERS/ACTION'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate AD FS servers added to an AAD Health AD FS service instance
level: medium
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erkennt Techniken (1)
ATT&CK-Techniken, die dies ermöglicht oder abbildet.
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Referenzen
Externe Belege — Patches, Meldungen, Analysen.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220619212736/https://o365blog.com/post/hybridhealthagent/
- https://aadinternals.com/talks/HelSec%20August%202021.pdf
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/permissions/identity#microsoftadhybridhealthservice
- https://www.inversecos.com/2023/01/detecting-fake-events-in-azure-sign-in.html