inspec/lib/resources/windows_task.rb

# encoding: utf-8
module Inspec::Resources
  class WindowsTasks < Inspec.resource(1)
    name 'windows_task'
    supports platform: 'windows'
    desc 'Use the windows_task InSpec audit resource to test task schedules on Microsoft Windows.'
    example "
      describe windows_task('\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Time Synchronization\\SynchronizeTime') do
        it { should be_enabled }
      end

      describe windows_task('\\Microsoft\\Windows\\AppID\\PolicyConverter') do
        it { should be_disabled }
      end

      describe windows_task('\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Defrag\\ScheduledDefrag') do
        it { should exist }
      end

      describe windows_task('\\Microsoft\\Windows\\AppID\\PolicyConverter') do
        its('logon_mode') { should eq 'Interactive/Background' }
        its('last_result') { should eq '1' }
        its('task_to_run') { should cmp '%Windir%\\system32\\appidpolicyconverter.exe' }
        its('run_as_user') { should eq 'LOCAL SERVICE' }
      end
    "

    def initialize(taskuri)
      @taskuri = taskuri
      @cache = nil
    end

    def exists?
      return true unless info.nil? || info[:uri].nil?
      false
    end

    # rubocop:disable Style/WordArray
    def enabled?
      return false if info.nil? || info[:state].nil?
      ['Ready', 'Running'].include?(info[:state])
    end

    def disabled?
      return false if info.nil? || info[:state].nil?
      info[:scheduled_task_state] == 'Disabled' || info[:state] == 'Disabled'
    end

    def logon_mode
      info[:logon_mode]
    end

    def last_result
      info[:last_result]
    end

    def task_to_run
      info[:task_to_run].to_s.strip
    end

    def run_as_user
      info[:run_as_user]
    end

    def type
      info[:type] unless info.nil?
    end

    def info
      return @cache unless @cache.nil?
      # PowerShell v5 has Get-ScheduledTask cmdlet,
      # _using something with backward support to v3_
      # script = "Get-ScheduledTask | ? { $_.URI -eq '#{@taskuri}' } | Select-Object URI,@{N='State';E={$_.State.ToString()}} | ConvertTo-Json"

      # Using schtasks as suggested by @modille but aligning property names to match cmdlet to future proof.
      script = "schtasks /query /v /fo csv /tn '#{@taskuri}' | ConvertFrom-Csv | Select @{N='URI';E={$_.TaskName}},@{N='State';E={$_.Status.ToString()}},'Logon Mode','Last Result','Task To Run','Run As User','Scheduled Task State' | ConvertTo-Json -Compress"

      cmd = inspec.powershell(script)

      begin
        params = JSON.parse(cmd.stdout)
      rescue JSON::ParserError => _e
        return nil
      end

      @cache = {
        uri: params['URI'],
        state: params['State'],
        logon_mode: params['Logon Mode'],
        last_result: params['Last Result'],
        task_to_run: params['Task To Run'],
        run_as_user: params['Run As User'],
        scheduled_task_state: params['Scheduled Task State'],
        type: 'windows-task',
      }
    end

    def to_s
      "Windows Task '#{@taskuri}'"
    end
  end
end