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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
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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
  • SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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
  • SRG-OS-000312-GPOS-00122

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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
  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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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