Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings for Subscription Activity Log Export Check

ID: azure-monitor-diagnostic-unrestricted

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cloud,devops,azure,microsoft,monitor,azure-cloud-config

Description

Ensure that Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings are configured to export activity logs for the selected Microsoft Azure subscription. This helps in maintaining a record of all operational actions which are crucial for security and operational auditing.

YAML Source

id: azure-monitor-diagnostic-unrestricted
info:
  name: Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings for Subscription Activity Log Export Check
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings are configured to export activity logs for the selected Microsoft Azure subscription. This helps in maintaining a record of all operational actions which are crucial for security and operational auditing.
  impact: |
    Not having diagnostic settings configured to export activity logs can lead to a lack of visibility into operational actions within the subscription, increasing the risk of undetected malicious activities or misconfigurations.
  remediation: |
    Configure Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings to export activity logs. Refer to the Azure documentation on how to set up diagnostic settings for activity log export.
  reference:
    - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log
  tags: cloud,devops,azure,microsoft,monitor,azure-cloud-config

self-contained: true
code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      az monitor diagnostic-settings subscription list --query 'value[*].id' --output json

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '[]'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Azure Monitor Diagnostic Settings for Subscription Activity Log Export are not configured."'
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "cloud/azure/monitor/azure-monitor-diagnostic-unrestricted.yaml"

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