Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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Windows Server 2019 "Deny log on as a service" user right on domain-joined member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts. No other groups or accounts must be assigned this right.
<VulnDiscussion>Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny log o...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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Windows Server 2019 "Deny log on locally" user right on domain-joined member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and from unauthenticated access on all systems.
<VulnDiscussion>Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny log o...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048
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Windows Server 2019 Allow log on locally user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
<VulnDiscussion>Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must have the roles and features required by the system documented.
<VulnDiscussion>Unnecessary roles and features increase the attack surface of a system. Limiting roles and features of a system to only those...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must not have the Fax Server role installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authe...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must not have the Peer Name Resolution Protocol installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authe...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must not have Simple TCP/IP Services installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authe...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must not have the TFTP Client installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authe...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must not have the Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol installed.
<VulnDiscussion>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 s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must have the Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol disabled on the SMB server.
<VulnDiscussion>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 s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must have the Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol disabled on the SMB client.
<VulnDiscussion>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 s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must not have Windows PowerShell 2.0 installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Windows PowerShell 5.x added advanced logging features that can provide additional detail when malware has been run on a syst...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must prevent the display of slide shows on the lock screen.
<VulnDiscussion>Slide shows that are displayed on the lock screen could display sensitive information to unauthorized personnel. Turning off ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must have WDigest Authentication disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>When the WDigest Authentication protocol is enabled, plain-text passwords are stored in the Local Security Authority Subsyste...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 downloading print driver packages over HTTP must be turned off.
<VulnDiscussion>Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 printing over HTTP must be turned off.
<VulnDiscussion>Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 network selection user interface (UI) must not be displayed on the logon screen.
<VulnDiscussion>Enabling interaction with the network selection UI allows users to change connections to available networks without signing i...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 Application Compatibility Program Inventory must be prevented from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft.
<VulnDiscussion>Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 Windows Defender SmartScreen must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Windows Defender SmartScreen helps protect systems from programs downloaded from the internet that may be malicious. Enabling...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must disable Basic authentication for RSS feeds over HTTP.
<VulnDiscussion>Basic authentication uses plain-text passwords that could be used to compromise a system. Disabling Basic authentication will...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 must prevent Indexing of encrypted files.
<VulnDiscussion>Indexing of encrypted files may expose sensitive data. This setting prevents encrypted files from being indexed.</VulnDisc...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 domain controllers must run on a machine dedicated to that function.
<VulnDiscussion>Executing application servers on the same host machine with a directory server may substantially weaken the security of the d...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2019 local users on domain-joined member servers must not be enumerated.
<VulnDiscussion>The username is one part of logon credentials that could be used to gain access to a system. Preventing the enumeration of us...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050
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Windows Server 2019 must not have the Microsoft FTP service installed unless required by the organization.
<VulnDiscussion>Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authe...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050
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Windows Server 2019 must not have the Telnet Client installed.
<VulnDiscussion>Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authe...Rule Medium Severity
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