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Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Windows Server 2019 Access this computer from the network user right must only be assigned to the Administrators, Authenticated Users, and Enterprise Domain Controllers groups on domain controllers.

    Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with the "Access this computer from the network" right may access resources on...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2019 "Access this computer from the network" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators and Authenticated Users groups on domain-joined member servers and standalone or nondomain-joined systems.

    Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with the "Access this computer from the network" user right may access resourc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2019 "Deny access to this computer from the network" user right on domain-joined member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local accounts and from unauthenticated access on all systems.

    Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny access to this computer from the network" user right defines the accounts tha...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2019 Allow log on locally user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

    Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with the "Allow log on locally" user right can log on interactively to a system.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2019 must not have the Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol installed.

    SMBv1 is a legacy protocol that uses the MD5 algorithm as part of SMB. MD5 is known to be vulnerable to a number of attacks such as collision and preimage attacks and is not FIPS compliant.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2019 must not have Windows PowerShell 2.0 installed.

    Windows PowerShell 5.x added advanced logging features that can provide additional detail when malware has been run on a system. Disabling the Windows PowerShell 2.0 mitigates against a downgrade a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2019 Application Compatibility Program Inventory must be prevented from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft.

    Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive informati...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Windows Server 2019 Windows Defender SmartScreen must be enabled.

    Windows Defender SmartScreen helps protect systems from programs downloaded from the internet that may be malicious. Enabling SmartScreen can block potentially malicious programs or warn users.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2019 must disable Basic authentication for RSS feeds over HTTP.

    Basic authentication uses plain-text passwords that could be used to compromise a system. Disabling Basic authentication will reduce this potential.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Windows Server 2019 must prevent Indexing of encrypted files.

    Indexing of encrypted files may expose sensitive data. This setting prevents encrypted files from being indexed.
    Rule Medium Severity

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