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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Windows Server 2016 Windows SmartScreen must be enabled.

    <VulnDiscussion>Windows SmartScreen helps protect systems from programs downloaded from the internet that may be malicious. Enabling SmartScr...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192

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  • Explorer Data Execution Prevention must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data Execution Prevention provides additional protection by performing checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from r...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Turning off File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Legacy plug-in applications may continue to function when a File Explorer session has become corrupt. Disabling this feature ...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • File Explorer shell protocol must run in protected mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The shell protocol will limit the set of folders that applications can open when run in protected mode. Restricting files an ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • Passwords must not be saved in the Remote Desktop Client.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Saving passwords in the Remote Desktop Client could allow an unauthorized user to establish a remote desktop session to anoth...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

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  • Local drives must be prevented from sharing with Remote Desktop Session Hosts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing users from sharing the local drives on their client computers with Remote Session Hosts that they access helps red...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • Remote Desktop Services must always prompt a client for passwords upon connection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting controls the ability of users to supply passwords automatically as part of their remote desktop connection. Disa...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093

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  • The Remote Desktop Session Host must require secure Remote Procedure Call (RPC) communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing unsecure RPC communication exposes the system to man-in-the-middle attacks and data disclosure attacks. A man-in-the...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093

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  • Remote Desktop Services must be configured with the client connection encryption set to High Level.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote connections must be encrypted to prevent interception of data or sensitive information. Selecting "High Level" will en...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Attachments must be prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Attachments from RSS feeds may not be secure. This setting will prevent attachments from being downloaded from RSS feeds.&lt;...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The Windows Installer Always install with elevated privileges option must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Standard user accounts must not be granted elevated privileges. Enabling Windows Installer to elevate privileges when install...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Users must be notified if a web-based program attempts to install software.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Web-based programs may attempt to install malicious software on a system. Ensuring users are notified if a web-based program ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

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  • Automatically signing in the last interactive user after a system-initiated restart must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Windows can be configured to automatically sign the user back in after a Windows Update restart. Some protections are in plac...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020

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  • PowerShell script block logging must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000125-GPOS-00065

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  • The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Basic authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Basic authentication uses plain-text passwords that could be used to compromise a system. Disabling Basic authentication will...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173

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  • The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not allow unencrypted traffic.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unencrypted remote access to a system can allow sensitive information to be compromised. Windows remote management connection...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000125-GPOS-00065

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  • The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Digest authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Digest authentication is not as strong as other options and may be subject to man-in-the-middle attacks. Disallowing Digest a...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not allow unencrypted traffic.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unencrypted remote access to a system can allow sensitive information to be compromised. Windows remote management connection...
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  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not store RunAs credentials.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Storage of administrative credentials could allow unauthorized access. Disallowing the storage of RunAs credentials for Windo...
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  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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  • Only administrators responsible for the domain controller must have Administrator rights on the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An account that does not have Administrator duties must not have Administrator rights. Such rights would allow the account to...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057

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  • Kerberos user logon restrictions must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting determines whether the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) validates every request for a session ticke...
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  • SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057

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  • The Kerberos service ticket maximum lifetime must be limited to 600 minutes or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting determines the maximum amount of time (in minutes) that a granted session ticket can be used to access a particu...
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  • SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057

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  • The Kerberos user ticket lifetime must be limited to 10 hours or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In Kerberos, there are two types of tickets: Ticket Granting Tickets (TGTs) and Service Tickets. Kerberos tickets have a limi...
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  • SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057

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  • The Kerberos policy user ticket renewal maximum lifetime must be limited to seven days or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting determines the period of time (in days) during which a user's Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) may be renewed. This ...
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  • SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057

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  • The computer clock synchronization tolerance must be limited to 5 minutes or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting determines the maximum time difference (in minutes) that Kerberos will tolerate between the time on a client's c...
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  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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  • Permissions on the Active Directory data files must only allow System and Administrators access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Improper access permissions for directory data-related files could allow unauthorized users to read, modify, or delete direct...
    Rule High Severity
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