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Windows Allows Anonymous SID Enumeration

ID: windows-anonymous-sid-enumeration-allowed

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: windows,anonymous,sid,security,code,windows-audit

Description

Section titled “Description”

Checks if anonymous users can enumerate Security Identifiers (SIDs), which can expose user information.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: windows-anonymous-sid-enumeration-allowed


info:
  name: Windows Allows Anonymous SID Enumeration
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: Checks if anonymous users can enumerate Security Identifiers (SIDs), which can expose user information.
  impact: |
    Allowing anonymous SID enumeration can provide attackers with information to target specific users.
  remediation: |
    Disable anonymous SID enumeration to protect sensitive user information.
  tags: windows,anonymous,sid,security,code,windows-audit


self-contained: true


code:
  - pre-condition: |
      IsWindows();
    engine:
      - powershell.exe
    args:
      - -ExecutionPolicy
      - Bypass
    pattern: "*.ps1"
    source: |
      if ((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa' -Name 'AnonymousSidNameTranslation' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).AnonymousSidNameTranslation -eq 1) { Write-Output 'Anonymous SID Enumeration Allowed'; }


    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "Anonymous SID Enumeration Allowed"
# digest: 4a0a004730450220381d7514da49979121faf59dc0a82e1638922d2223ccf9db2475b3bc836e6ef3022100d328f72d23ecf88abf4c52393f7c91acd950ad1809a179244c5ad5c9a669d161:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/windows-anonymous-sid-enumeration-allowed.yaml"

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