fedora-intune: enforce Defender protection settings

Defender's defaults left behavior monitoring off and every setting
unmanaged. Ship /etc/opt/microsoft/mdatp/managed/mdatp_managed.json:
real-time protection, behavior monitoring, PUA blocking, cloud-delivered
protection at the high block level, automatic definition updates and
sample submission, and scheduled scans (daily quick at 12:00, weekly full
on Wednesday 12:30, low priority). Users can't change managed settings.
The build fails if the file isn't valid JSON.

Network protection (Insiders channels only) and tamper protection
(audit-only preview on Linux) are left out.

The compliance script and rules now also check behavior monitoring and
cloud-delivered protection.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Wesley van TilburgandClaude Opus 5.5 authored and Wesley committed 2026-10-20 12:23:30 +00:00
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@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ add-files:
- ["mdatp-firstboot.service", "/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdatp-firstboot.service"] - ["mdatp-firstboot.service", "/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdatp-firstboot.service"]
- ["mdatp-firstboot.conf", "/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdatp.service.d/10-firstboot.conf"] - ["mdatp-firstboot.conf", "/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdatp.service.d/10-firstboot.conf"]
- ["50-defender.preset", "/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/50-defender.preset"] - ["50-defender.preset", "/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/50-defender.preset"]
# Enforced Defender settings (shown as "[managed]" in `mdatp health`; local
# changes are refused): real-time protection, behavior monitoring, PUA
# blocking, cloud protection at the "high" block level, automatic updates
# and sample submission, a daily quick scan at 12:00 and a weekly full scan
# on Wednesday 12:30 (low priority, up to 2 h later at random). Settings
# reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/defender-endpoint/linux-preferences
# Not set here: network protection (Insiders channels only) and tamper
# protection (audit-only preview on Linux).
- ["mdatp_managed.json", "/etc/opt/microsoft/mdatp/managed/mdatp_managed.json"]
postprocess: postprocess:
- | - |
@@ -42,5 +51,7 @@ postprocess:
[[ -f "${pp}" ]] && break [[ -f "${pp}" ]] && break
done done
semodule -n -i "${pp}" semodule -n -i "${pp}"
# Fail the build on a typo rather than ship a config Defender can't read.
python3 -m json.tool /etc/opt/microsoft/mdatp/managed/mdatp_managed.json > /dev/null
rpm -q --qf '%{POSTIN}' mdatp > /usr/libexec/mdatp-postinst rpm -q --qf '%{POSTIN}' mdatp > /usr/libexec/mdatp-postinst
chmod 0755 /usr/libexec/mdatp-firstboot /usr/libexec/mdatp-postinst chmod 0755 /usr/libexec/mdatp-firstboot /usr/libexec/mdatp-postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
{
"antivirusEngine": {
"enforcementLevel": "real_time",
"behaviorMonitoring": "enabled",
"scanAfterDefinitionUpdate": true,
"scanArchives": true,
"disallowedThreatActions": ["allow", "restore"],
"threatTypeSettingsMergePolicy": "admin_only",
"threatTypeSettings": [
{ "key": "potentially_unwanted_application", "value": "block" },
{ "key": "archive_bomb", "value": "audit" }
],
"scheduledScan": "enabled"
},
"scheduledScan": {
"dailyConfiguration": { "timeOfDay": 720 },
"weeklyConfiguration": { "dayOfWeek": 4, "scanType": "full", "timeOfDay": 750 },
"lowPriorityScheduledScan": true,
"checkForDefinitionsUpdate": true,
"randomizeScanStartTime": 2
},
"cloudService": {
"enabled": true,
"diagnosticLevel": "required",
"automaticSampleSubmissionConsent": "safe",
"automaticDefinitionUpdateEnabled": true,
"cloudBlockLevel": "high"
}
}
@@ -84,6 +84,34 @@
} }
] ]
}, },
{
"SettingName": "DefenderBehaviorMonitoring",
"Operator": "IsEquals",
"DataType": "Boolean",
"Operand": true,
"MoreInfoUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/linux-install-manually",
"RemediationStrings": [
{
"Language": "en_US",
"Title": "Behavior monitoring is off.",
"Description": "Microsoft Defender behavior monitoring must be enabled. Update the device to the latest image or contact IT."
}
]
},
{
"SettingName": "DefenderCloudProtection",
"Operator": "IsEquals",
"DataType": "Boolean",
"Operand": true,
"MoreInfoUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/linux-install-manually",
"RemediationStrings": [
{
"Language": "en_US",
"Title": "Cloud-delivered protection is off.",
"Description": "Microsoft Defender cloud-delivered protection must be enabled. Update the device to the latest image or contact IT."
}
]
},
{ {
"SettingName": "DefenderDefinitionsUpToDate", "SettingName": "DefenderDefinitionsUpToDate",
"Operator": "IsEquals", "Operator": "IsEquals",
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ healthy=false
licensed=false licensed=false
onboarded=false onboarded=false
rtp=false rtp=false
behavior_monitoring=false
cloud_protection=false
definitions_ok=false definitions_ok=false
definitions_age=-1 definitions_age=-1
version="" version=""
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ if [[ -x "${MDATP}" ]]; then
healthy="$(bool "$(field healthy)")" healthy="$(bool "$(field healthy)")"
licensed="$(bool "$(field licensed)")" licensed="$(bool "$(field licensed)")"
rtp="$(bool "$(field real_time_protection_enabled)")" rtp="$(bool "$(field real_time_protection_enabled)")"
[[ "$(field behavior_monitoring)" == enabled ]] && behavior_monitoring=true
cloud_protection="$(bool "$(field cloud_enabled)")"
[[ -n "$(field org_id)" ]] && onboarded=true [[ -n "$(field org_id)" ]] && onboarded=true
[[ "$(field definitions_status)" == up_to_date ]] && definitions_ok=true [[ "$(field definitions_status)" == up_to_date ]] && definitions_ok=true
age="$(field definitions_updated_minutes_ago)" age="$(field definitions_updated_minutes_ago)"
@@ -57,6 +61,8 @@ cat <<EOF
"DefenderLicensed": ${licensed}, "DefenderLicensed": ${licensed},
"DefenderOnboarded": ${onboarded}, "DefenderOnboarded": ${onboarded},
"DefenderRealTimeProtection": ${rtp}, "DefenderRealTimeProtection": ${rtp},
"DefenderBehaviorMonitoring": ${behavior_monitoring},
"DefenderCloudProtection": ${cloud_protection},
"DefenderDefinitionsUpToDate": ${definitions_ok}, "DefenderDefinitionsUpToDate": ${definitions_ok},
"DefenderDefinitionsAgeDays": ${definitions_age}, "DefenderDefinitionsAgeDays": ${definitions_age},
"DefenderVersion": "${version}" "DefenderVersion": "${version}"