azure-vm-endpoint-protection-missing: Azure VM Endpoint Protection Not Installed

2025-08-01 Azure VM PoC Public

Description

Ensure that all your Microsoft Azure virtual machines (VMs) have endpoint protection installed in order to help you identify and remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. The Azure Security Center service monitors the status of anti-malware protection for Azure virtual machines (VMs) and highlights if there is insufficient protection, marking the virtual machines without endpoint protection as vulnerable to malware threats.

PoC

id: azure-vm-endpoint-protection-missing
info:
  name: Azure VM Endpoint Protection Not Installed
  author: princechaddha
  severity: high
  description: |
    Ensure that all your Microsoft Azure virtual machines (VMs) have endpoint protection installed in order to help you identify and remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. The Azure Security Center service monitors the status of anti-malware protection for Azure virtual machines (VMs) and highlights if there is insufficient protection, marking the virtual machines without endpoint protection as vulnerable to malware threats.
  impact: |
    Virtual machines without endpoint protection are exposed to a higher risk of being compromised by viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
  remediation: |
    Install an approved endpoint protection solution on your Azure VMs to mitigate the risk of malware and maintain compliance with organizational security policies.
  reference:
    - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/security-center-intro
  tags: cloud,devops,azure,microsoft,endpoint-protection,azure-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1);
  for (let VMData of iterate(template.vmList)) {
    VMData = JSON.parse(VMData);
    set("name", VMData.name);
    set("resourceGroup", VMData.resourceGroup);
    code(2);
  }

self-contained: true
code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      az vm list --output json --query '[*].{"name":name,"resourceGroup":resourceGroup}'

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: vmList
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.[]'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      az vm extension list --vm-name "$name" --resource-group "$resourceGroup" --query '[*].name'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '['

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "EndpointSecurity"
          - "TrendMicroDSA"
          - "Antimalware"
          - "EndpointProtection"
          - "SCWPAgent"
          - "PortalProtectExtension"
          - "FileSecurity"
        negative: true

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'name + " in " + resourceGroup + " is missing endpoint protection"'
# digest: 4a0a00473045022078dd7373e2170083af0c4792f40ff933f0bf92cb8102ce0ab26351c304c9b61a022100e42691044e3cfa4ffb64c3279fbdb8729bd8a2b7a65e4249f0ca21f35dc277aa:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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