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Utimaco ESKM - PERMISSION_DENIED burst for a KMIP user

Description

Identifies a single KMIP user receiving 10 or more PERMISSION_DENIED responses within 30 minutes on Utimaco ESKM. May indicate privilege probing, key access reconnaissance, or a misconfigured application.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
30m
Query period
30m
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.

UtimacoESKMKmipServerLogs_CL
| where TimeGenerated > ago(30m)
| where Reason == "PERMISSION_DENIED"
| where isnotempty(User)
| summarize DeniedCount = count(), StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), Operations = make_set(Operation, 50), ObjectTypes = make_set(ObjectType, 25), SourceIPs = make_set(IP, 25) by User
| where DeniedCount >= 10
| extend AccountCustomEntity = User

Declared entities

Account

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
9b1a3b3e-7e16-4a3b-8a8f-7f1f2b1c0a02
Additional source files 2Solutions/Utimaco Enterprise Secure Key Manager/Analytic Rules/UtimacoESKM_PermissionDeniedBurst.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Utimaco Enterprise Secure Key Manager/Data/Solution_ESKM.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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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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