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VIP Mailbox manipulation

Description

'Alert if a cmdlet that can be translated to data exfiltration or mailbox access is executed on a VIP Mailbox.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.2.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
30m
Query period
1h
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 VIPRestriction = "on";
ExchangeAdminAuditLogs
| where IsVIP or VIPRestriction =~ "off"
| where UserOriented =~ 'Yes' and IsSensitive and ((IsRestrictedCmdLet and IsSenstiveCmdletParameters) or IsRestrictedCmdLet == false)
| extend Level = iif (Status == "Failure", "Medium", "High")

Declared entities

MailboxHostAccount

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
5170c3c4-b8c9-485c-910d-a21d965ee181
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Exchange Security - Exchange On-Premises/Analytic Rules/CriticalCmdletsUsageDetection.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Microsoft Exchange Security - Exchange On-Premises/Data/Solution_MicrosoftExchangeSecurity.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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