Administrative Shares Enabled

ID: windows-administrative-shares-enabled

Severity: high

Author: princechaddha

Tags: windows,shares,administrative,code,windows-audit

Description

Checks if administrative shares (C$, D$, etc.) are enabled, which can pose a security risk.

YAML Source

id: windows-administrative-shares-enabled

info:
  name: Administrative Shares Enabled
  author: princechaddha
  severity: high
  description: Checks if administrative shares (C$, D$, etc.) are enabled, which can pose a security risk.
  impact: |
    Enabling administrative shares can provide attackers with remote access to the system drives.
  remediation: |
    Disable administrative shares to minimize exposure to remote attacks.
  tags: windows,shares,administrative,code,windows-audit

self-contained: true

code:
  - pre-condition: |
      IsWindows();
    engine:
      - powershell
      - powershell.exe
    args:
      - -ExecutionPolicy
      - Bypass
    pattern: "*.ps1"
    source: |
      $Share = Get-SmbShare -Name C$
      Write-Host "Administrative Share Found: $($Share.Name)"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "Administrative Share Found: C$"
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100f1dbb7ab0ef7ff97bc57411ac7ecb79736e6d972c57bf4f7f0ff37e65be212ec0221009cd94ed2f21da4f7ddb5ff120eab8ff9ef6b20c1de07f0a04e27bb97b41740d0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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 "code/windows/audit/windows-administrative-shares-enabled.yaml"

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