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Multiple Password Reset by user

Description

'This query will determine multiple password resets by user across multiple data sources. Account manipulation including password reset may aid adversaries in maintaining access to credentials and certain permission levels within an environment.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
2.1.7
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let selfServicePasswordReset = dynamic(["Self-service password reset flow activity progress", "Change password (self-service)", "Reset password (self-service)"]); 
//Self-service password reset flow activity progress is typically caused by a password policy which requires users to rotate passwords. This operation already implies the user has signed in successfully and therefore the password reset is non-malicious.
let PerUserThreshold = 5;
let TotalThreshold = 100;
let action = dynamic(["change", "changed", "reset"]);
let pWord = dynamic(["password", "credentials"]);
let PasswordResetMultiDataSource =
(union isfuzzy=true
(//Password reset events
//4723: An attempt was made to change an account's password
//4724: An attempt was made to reset an accounts password
SecurityEvent
| where EventID in ("4723","4724")
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, AccountType, Account, Type, TargetUserName),
(//Password reset events
//4723: An attempt was made to change an account's password
//4724: An attempt was made to reset an accounts password
WindowsEvent
| where EventID in ("4723","4724")
| extend SubjectUserSid = tostring(EventData.SubjectUserSid)
| extend TargetUserName = tostring(EventData.TargetUserName)
| extend Account = strcat(tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName),"\\", tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName))
| extend AccountType=case(Account endswith "$" or SubjectUserSid in ("S-1-5-18", "S-1-5-19", "S-1-5-20"), "Machine", isempty(SubjectUserSid), "", "User")
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, AccountType, Account, Type, TargetUserName),
(//Azure Active Directory Password reset events
AuditLogs
| where OperationName has_any (pWord) and OperationName has_any (action) and Result =~ "success"
| where OperationName !in (selfServicePasswordReset)
| mv-apply TargetResource = TargetResources on 
  (
      where TargetResource.type =~ "User"
      | extend AccountType = tostring(TargetResource.type),
               Account = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName),
               TargetUserName = tolower(tostring(TargetResource.userPrincipalName))
  )
| project TimeGenerated, AccountType, Account, TargetUserName, Computer = "", Type),
(//OfficeActive ActiveDirectory Password reset events
OfficeActivity
| where OfficeWorkload == "AzureActiveDirectory"
| where (ExtendedProperties has_any (pWord) or ModifiedProperties has_any (pWord)) and (ExtendedProperties has_any (action) or ModifiedProperties has_any (action))
| extend AccountType = UserType, Account = OfficeObjectId
| project TimeGenerated, AccountType, Account, Type, Computer = ""),
(// Unix syslog password reset events
Syslog
| where Facility in ("auth","authpriv")
| where SyslogMessage has_any (pWord) and SyslogMessage has_any (action)
| extend AccountType = iif(SyslogMessage contains "root", "Root", "Non-Root")
| where SyslogMessage matches regex ".*password changed for.*"
| parse SyslogMessage with * "password changed for" Account
| project TimeGenerated, AccountType, Account, Computer = HostName, Type)
);
let pwrmd = PasswordResetMultiDataSource
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, AccountType, Account, Type, TargetUserName;
(union isfuzzy=true
(pwrmd
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), Computerlist = make_set(Computer, 25), AccountType = make_set(AccountType, 25), Computer = arg_max(Computer , TimeGenerated), TargetUserList = make_set(TargetUserName, 25), TargetUserName = arg_max(TargetUserName, TimeGenerated), Total=count() by Account, Type
| where Total > PerUserThreshold
| extend ResetPivot = "PerUserReset"),
(pwrmd
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), ComputerList = make_set(Computer, 25), AccountList = make_set(Account, 25), AccountType = make_set(AccountType, 25), Computer = arg_max(Computer , TimeGenerated), TargetUserList = make_set(TargetUserName, 25), TargetUserName = arg_max(TargetUserName, TimeGenerated), Total=count() by Type
| where Total > TotalThreshold
| extend ResetPivot = "TotalUserReset")
)
| extend timestamp = StartTimeUtc, HostName = tostring(split(Computer, '.', 0)[0]), DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.')), Name = tostring(split(Account, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(Account, '@', 1)[0]), TargetName = tostring(split(TargetUserName,'@',0)[0]), TargetUPNSuffix = tostring(split(TargetUserName,'@',1)[0])

Declared entities

AccountHost

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
0b9ae89d-8cad-461c-808f-0494f70ad5c4
Additional source files 1Detections/MultipleDataSources/MultiplePasswordresetsbyUser.yamlsource ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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