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Check Remote Assistance Misconfiguration

ID: remote-assistance-enabled

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: remote-assistance, misconfiguration, windows-audit

Description

Section titled “Description”

Checks if Remote Assistance is enabled contrary to security policies.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: remote-assistance-enabled


info:
  name: Check Remote Assistance Misconfiguration
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: Checks if Remote Assistance is enabled contrary to security policies.
  impact: |
    Enabling Remote Assistance can lead to unauthorized access.
  remediation: |
    Disable Remote Assistance to comply with security policy.
  tags: remote-assistance, misconfiguration, windows-audit


self-contained: true


code:
  - pre-condition: |
      IsWindows();
    engine:
      - powershell
      - powershell.exe
    args:
      - -ExecutionPolicy
      - Bypass
    pattern: "*.ps1"
    source: |
      Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Remote Assistance' -Name 'fAllowToGetHelp' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.fAllowToGetHelp -eq 1 } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty fAllowToGetHelp


    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "1"
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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/remote-assistance-enabled.yaml"

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