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Windows Remote Management (WinRM) Enabled

ID: winrm-enabled

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: windows,winrm,code,windows-audit

Description

Section titled “Description”

Checks if WinRM is enabled when not required.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: winrm-enabled


info:
  name: Windows Remote Management (WinRM) Enabled
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: Checks if WinRM is enabled when not required.
  impact: |
    Enabling WinRM unnecessarily can expose the system to remote command execution attacks.
  remediation: |
    Disable WinRM if it is not being used to reduce the attack surface.
  tags: windows,winrm,code,windows-audit


self-contained: true


code:
  - pre-condition: |
      IsWindows();
    engine:
      - powershell
      - powershell.exe
    args:
      - -ExecutionPolicy
      - Bypass
    pattern: "*.ps1"
    source: |
      Get-Service -Name WinRM | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Status


    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "Running"
# digest: 4a0a0047304502203485c6c17e6ed0907bbecbc5051fc337ba8938d679cde6acc0d8f85dfeda909702210090b61d8ecd6e9586a647ecfe389bf4efe05d1b09085bd4ec85a9522093cace24:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/winrm-enabled.yaml"

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