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title: detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent skill (Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills)
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**What it does.** Detect risky OAuth application consent grants in Azure AD / Microsoft Part of [[skills-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills]] (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills).

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| Upstream | [mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) |
| Skill file | [skills/detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent/SKILL.md](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/blob/HEAD/skills/detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent/SKILL.md) |
| License | Apache-2.0 (skill folder LICENSE) |
| Author | mukul975 |
| Fetched | 2026-09-10 |

## Install

- `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent`, or copy the skill folder into `~/.claude/skills/detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent/`.
- Raw file: `curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent/SKILL.md`

## SKILL.md (verbatim)

```yaml
name: detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent
description: Detect risky OAuth application consent grants in Azure AD / Microsoft
  Entra ID using Microsoft Graph API, audit logs, and permission analysis to identify
  illicit consent grant attacks.
domain: cybersecurity
subdomain: cloud-security
tags:
- OAuth
- Azure-AD
- Entra-ID
- Microsoft-Graph
- illicit-consent
- cloud-security
- application-permissions
version: '1.0'
author: mahipal
license: Apache-2.0
nist_csf:
- PR.IR-01
- ID.AM-08
- GV.SC-06
- DE.CM-01
mitre_attack:
- T1528
- T1550.001
- T1098.001
- T1566.002
```

# Detecting Suspicious OAuth Application Consent

## Overview

Illicit consent grant attacks trick users into granting excessive permissions to malicious OAuth applications in Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID. This skill uses the Microsoft Graph API to enumerate OAuth2 permission grants, analyze application permissions for overly broad scopes, review directory audit logs for consent events, and flag high-risk applications based on publisher verification status and permission scope.


## When to Use

- When investigating security incidents that require detecting suspicious oauth application consent
- When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
- When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
- When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

## Prerequisites

- Azure AD / Entra ID tenant with Global Reader or Security Reader role
- Microsoft Graph API access with `Application.Read.All`, `AuditLog.Read.All`, `Directory.Read.All`
- Python 3.9+ with `msal`, `requests`
- App registration with client secret or certificate for authentication

## Steps

1. Authenticate to Microsoft Graph using MSAL client credentials flow
2. Enumerate all OAuth2 permission grants via `/oauth2PermissionGrants`
3. List service principals and their assigned application permissions
4. Query directory audit logs for `Consent to application` events
5. Flag applications with high-risk scopes (Mail.Read, Files.ReadWrite.All, etc.)
6. Check publisher verification status for each application
7. Generate risk report with remediation recommendations

## Expected Output

- JSON report listing all OAuth apps with granted permissions, risk scores, unverified publishers, and suspicious consent patterns
- Audit trail of consent grant events with user and IP details

## Other files in this skill

- [LICENSE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent/LICENSE)
- [references/api-reference.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent/references/api-reference.md)
- [scripts/agent.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/detecting-suspicious-oauth-application-consent/scripts/agent.py)

## references/api-reference.md (verbatim)

# API Reference — Detecting Suspicious OAuth Application Consent

## Libraries Used
- **msal**: Microsoft Authentication Library — client credentials flow for Microsoft Graph
- **requests**: HTTP client for Graph API calls with pagination

## CLI Interface
```
python agent.py --tenant-id TENANT --client-id CLIENT --client-secret SECRET grants
python agent.py --tenant-id TENANT --client-id CLIENT --client-secret SECRET apps
python agent.py --tenant-id TENANT --client-id CLIENT --client-secret SECRET audit-logs
python agent.py --tenant-id TENANT --client-id CLIENT --client-secret SECRET full --days 30
```

## Core Functions

### `get_access_token(tenant_id, client_id, client_secret)` — MSAL client credentials auth
Uses `ConfidentialClientApplication.acquire_token_for_client()` with scope
`https://graph.microsoft.com/.default` to obtain a bearer token.

### `graph_get(token, endpoint, params)` — Paginated Graph API GET
Handles `@odata.nextLink` pagination. Returns aggregated `value` array.

### `enumerate_oauth_grants(token)` — List delegated permission grants
Calls `GET /oauth2PermissionGrants`. Parses scope strings, flags high-risk scopes.

### `list_service_principals(token)` — Enumerate apps with verification status
Calls `GET /servicePrincipals?$top=999`. Checks `verifiedPublisher` field.

### `query_consent_audit_logs(token, days)` — Consent event audit trail
Calls `GET /auditLogs/directoryAudits` filtered by `activityDisplayName eq 'Consent to application'`.
Returns user principal, IP, target app, and result.

### `analyze_risk(grants, service_principals)` — Risk scoring engine
Scoring: +15 per high-risk scope, +25 for unverified publisher, +20 for AllPrincipals consent.
Levels: CRITICAL >= 70, HIGH >= 50, MEDIUM >= 25, LOW < 25.

### `full_audit(token, days)` — Comprehensive consent audit

## Microsoft Graph Endpoints
| Endpoint | Method | Required Permission |
|----------|--------|-------------------|
| `/oauth2PermissionGrants` | GET | `Directory.Read.All` |
| `/servicePrincipals` | GET | `Application.Read.All` |
| `/auditLogs/directoryAudits` | GET | `AuditLog.Read.All` |

## High-Risk OAuth Scopes
Mail.Read, Mail.ReadWrite, Mail.Send, Files.ReadWrite.All, Files.Read.All,
User.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All,
Contacts.ReadWrite, MailboxSettings.ReadWrite, People.Read.All,
Calendars.ReadWrite, Notes.ReadWrite.All

## Risk Scoring
| Factor | Points |
|--------|--------|
| Each high-risk scope | +15 |
| Unverified publisher | +25 |
| Admin consent (AllPrincipals) | +20 |

## Dependencies
- `msal` >= 1.24.0
- `requests` >= 2.28.0
- Azure AD app registration with `Application.Read.All`, `AuditLog.Read.All`, `Directory.Read.All`

Back to [[skills-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills]] or [[agent-skills]].