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Anonymous Enumeration of SAM Accounts Enabled

ID: anonymous-sam-enumeration-enabled

Severity: high

Author: princechaddha

Tags: windows,sam,enumeration,anonymous,code,windows-audit

Description

Section titled “Description”

Checks if anonymous users can enumerate Security Account Manager (SAM) accounts, posing a security risk.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: anonymous-sam-enumeration-enabled


info:
  name: Anonymous Enumeration of SAM Accounts Enabled
  author: princechaddha
  severity: high
  description: Checks if anonymous users can enumerate Security Account Manager (SAM) accounts, posing a security risk.
  impact: |
    Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts exposes user information that could be leveraged in further attacks.
  remediation: |
    Disable anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts to prevent unauthorized information gathering.
  tags: windows,sam,enumeration,anonymous,code,windows-audit


self-contained: true


code:
  - pre-condition: |
      IsWindows();
    engine:
      - powershell
      - powershell.exe
    args:
      - -ExecutionPolicy
      - Bypass
    pattern: "*.ps1"
    source: |
      Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa' -Name 'RestrictAnonymousSAM'


    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "restrictanonymoussam : 0"
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100cffaf676539e7cfa4172a9dc716c010db11df5bce825418a56fc2e5eac15e82c02202e5dddabe3d3f93be2bc4b93ee434d9a81b2d72a31ff00fcd93252533cd6c143:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “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.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "code/windows/audit/anonymous-sam-enumeration-enabled.yaml"

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