TMA-INTUNE-DEFENDER-2.9
Ensure 'Allow Script Scanning' is set to 'Allowed'
Description
This policy setting allows script scanning to be turned on/off. Script scanning intercepts scripts then scans them before they are executed on the system. The recommended state for this setting is: Allowed. Audit: reads the registry value(s) behind this Defender policy (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender) and prints compliant only when each satisfies the benchmark value. Policy delivered by Intune only appears here once it has been applied to the device.
How it is checked
Audit method: Windows registry
$bad = @(); $v = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\PolicyManager' -Name 'AllowScriptScanning' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).'AllowScriptScanning'; if (-not ($null -ne $v -and @(1) -contains [int64]$v)) { $bad += 'AllowScriptScanning=' + $v }; if ($bad.Count -eq 0) { 'compliant' } else { 'non-compliant: ' + ($bad -join ', ') }- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Allowed. Defender\Allow Script Scanning To establish the recommended configuration via Endpoint Security Blade: 1. Navigate to Endpoint Security 2. Click Antivirus 3. Click Create Profile 4. Select Windows for the Platform and Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Profile 5. Name the profile 6. Configure Allow Script Scanning to Allowed
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- intune-defenderintuneregistry
- Reference
- CIS Microsoft Intune for Microsoft Defender Antivirus Benchmark v1.0.0 - 2.9 Ensure 'Allow Script Scanning' is set to 'Allowed'
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target intune-defender