id: restrict-anonymous-access-disabled info: name: Restrict Anonymous Access Disabled author: princechaddha severity: high description: Verifies if anonymous access restrictions are disabled. impact: | Disabling restrictions on anonymous access could expose sensitive information and increase the attack surface. remediation: | Enable anonymous access restrictions by setting the RestrictAnonymous registry key to 1 or 2. tags: windows,anonymous-access,code,windows-audit self-contained: true code: - pre-condition: | IsWindows(); engine: - powershell - powershell.exe args: - -ExecutionPolicy - Bypass pattern: "*.ps1" source: | $restrictAnonymous = Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa' -Name 'RestrictAnonymous' Write-Host "RestrictAnonymous: $($restrictAnonymous.RestrictAnonymous)" matchers: - type: word words: - "RestrictAnonymous: 0" # digest: 490a004630440220302018a51e25deddf2e713e2f715feaa0d993f330bc3540a1231daa119016f1a022050ed95a1686cf7d7d92fd816f602bf5ce499511b1081ff5ef4d7556e778aafef:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950