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Microsoft Windows 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Only accounts responsible for the administration of a system must have Administrator rights on the system.

    <VulnDiscussion>An account that does not have Administrator duties must not have Administrator rights. Such rights would allow the account t...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Only accounts responsible for the backup operations must be members of the Backup Operators group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Backup Operators are able to read and write to any file in the system, regardless of the rights assigned to it. Backup and r...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • Only authorized user accounts must be allowed to create or run virtual machines on Windows 10 systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing other operating systems to run on a secure system may allow users to circumvent security. For Hyper-V, preventing un...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Standard local user accounts must not exist on a system in a domain.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To minimize potential points of attack, local user accounts, other than built-in accounts and local administrator accounts, m...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

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  • Accounts must be configured to require password expiration.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords that do not expire increase exposure with a greater probability of being discovered or cracked.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00122

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  • Permissions for system files and directories must conform to minimum requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changing the system's file and directory permissions allows the possibility of unauthorized and anonymous modification to the...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050

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  • Inbound exceptions to the firewall on Windows 10 domain workstations must only allow authorized remote management hosts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing inbound access to domain workstations from other systems may allow lateral movement across systems if credentials ar...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192

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  • The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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
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  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the SMB server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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
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  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the SMB client.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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
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  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The Secondary Logon service must be disabled on Windows 10.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Secondary Logon service provides a means for entering alternate credentials, typically used to run commands with elevated...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Orphaned security identifiers (SIDs) must be removed from user rights on Windows 10.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Accounts or groups given rights on a system may show up as unresolved SIDs for various reasons including deletion of the acco...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • Bluetooth must be turned off unless approved by the organization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If not configured properly, Bluetooth may allow rogue devices to communicate with a system. If a rogue device is paired with ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • Administrative accounts must not be used with applications that access the Internet, such as web browsers, or with potential Internet sources, such as email.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using applications that access the Internet or have potential Internet sources using administrative privileges exposes a syst...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000185-GPOS-00079

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  • Windows 10 nonpersistent VM sessions must not exceed 24 hours.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For virtual desktop implementations (VDIs) where the virtual desktop instance is deleted or refreshed upon logoff, the organi...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128

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  • Windows 10 account lockout duration must be configured to 15 minutes or greater.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. This parameter specifies th...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • The number of allowed bad logon attempts must be configured to 3 or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. The higher this value is, th...
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  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

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  • The period of time before the bad logon counter is reset must be configured to 15 minutes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. This parameter specifies the...
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  • SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045

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  • The password history must be configured to 24 passwords remembered.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A system is more vulnerable to unauthorized access when system users recycle the same password several times without being re...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • The system must be configured to audit Account Logon - Credential Validation failures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
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  • SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214

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  • The system must be configured to audit Account Logon - Credential Validation successes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
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  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

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  • The system must be configured to audit Account Management - Security Group Management successes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
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  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

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  • The system must be configured to audit Account Management - User Account Management failures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
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  • SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004

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  • The system must be configured to audit Account Management - User Account Management successes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
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  • SRG-OS-000365-GPOS-00152

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  • The system must be configured to audit Detailed Tracking - PNP Activity successes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
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  • SRG-OS-000365-GPOS-00152

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