Skip to content
ATO Pathways
Log In
Overview
Search
Catalogs
SCAP
OSCAL
Catalogs
Profiles
Documents
References
Knowledge Base
Platform Documentation
Compliance Dictionary
Platform Changelog
About
Catalogs
XCCDF
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125
Remote calls to the Security Account Manager (SAM) must be restricted to Administrators.
Remote calls to the Security Account Manager (SAM) must be restricted to Administrators.
An XCCDF Rule
Details
Profiles
Prose
Remote calls to the Security Account Manager (SAM) must be restricted to Administrators.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>The Windows Security Account Manager (SAM) stores users' passwords. Restricting Remote Procedure Call (RPC) connections to the SAM to Administrators helps protect those credentials.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>