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