Administrators must have separate accounts specifically for managing domain member servers.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Personnel who are system administrators must log on to domain systems only using accounts with the minimum level of authority necessary. Only system administrator accounts used exclusively to manage domain member servers may be members of an administrator group for domain member servers. A separation of administrator responsibilities helps mitigate the risk of privilege escalation resulting from credential theft attacks.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-243468r723439_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Create the necessary documentation that identifies the members of domain member server administrator groups. Ensure that each member has a separate unique account that can only be used to manage domain member servers. Remove any domain member server accounts from other administrator groups.