III - Administrative Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 must have software certificate installation files removed.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of software certificates and their accompanying installation files for end users to access resources is less secure than ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 FTP servers must be configured to prevent anonymous logons.
<VulnDiscussion>The FTP service allows remote users to access shared files and directories. Allowing anonymous FTP connections makes user aud...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 FTP servers must be configured to prevent access to the system drive.
<VulnDiscussion>The FTP service allows remote users to access shared files and directories that could provide access to system resources and ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 must have orphaned security identifiers (SIDs) removed from user rights.
<VulnDiscussion>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 -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 systems must have Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware and be configured to run in UEFI mode, not Legacy BIOS.
<VulnDiscussion>UEFI provides additional security features in comparison to legacy BIOS firmware, including Secure Boot. UEFI is required to ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 must have Secure Boot enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Secure Boot is a standard that ensures systems boot only to a trusted operating system. Secure Boot is required to support ad...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) source routing must be configured to the highest protection level to prevent IP source routing.
<VulnDiscussion>Configuring the system to disable IPv6 source routing protects against spoofing.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives>...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 source routing must be configured to the highest protection level to prevent Internet Protocol (IP) source routing.
<VulnDiscussion>Configuring the system to disable IP source routing protects against spoofing.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives>&l...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 must be configured to prevent Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirects from overriding Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)-generated routes.
<VulnDiscussion>Allowing ICMP redirect of routes can lead to traffic not being routed properly. When disabled, this forces ICMP to be routed ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 insecure logons to an SMB server must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Insecure guest logons allow unauthenticated access to shared folders. Shared resources on a system must require authenticatio...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 hardened Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths must be defined to require mutual authentication and integrity for at least the \\*\SYSVOL and \\*\NETLOGON shares.
<VulnDiscussion>Additional security requirements are applied to UNC paths specified in hardened UNC paths before allowing access to them. Thi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 must be configured to enable Remote host allows delegation of non-exportable credentials.
<VulnDiscussion>An exportable version of credentials is provided to remote hosts when using credential delegation which exposes them to theft...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 virtualization-based security must be enabled with the platform security level configured to Secure Boot or Secure Boot with DMA Protection.
<VulnDiscussion>Virtualization-based security (VBS) provides the platform for the additional security features Credential Guard and virtualiz...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers identified as bad.
<VulnDiscussion>Compromised boot drivers can introduce malware prior to protection mechanisms that load after initialization. The Early Launc...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 group policy objects must be reprocessed even if they have not changed.
<VulnDiscussion>Registry entries for group policy settings can potentially be changed from the required configuration. This could occur as pa...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 users must be prompted to authenticate when the system wakes from sleep (on battery).
<VulnDiscussion>A system that does not require authentication when resuming from sleep may provide access to unauthorized users. Authenticati...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 users must be prompted to authenticate when the system wakes from sleep (plugged in).
<VulnDiscussion>A system that does not require authentication when resuming from sleep may provide access to unauthorized users. Authenticati...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 Telemetry must be configured to Security or Basic.
<VulnDiscussion>Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 Windows Update must not obtain updates from other PCs on the Internet.
<VulnDiscussion>Windows Update can obtain updates from additional sources instead of Microsoft. In addition to Microsoft, updates can be obta...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 Turning off File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Legacy plug-in applications may continue to function when a File Explorer session has become corrupt. Disabling this feature ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 File Explorer shell protocol must run in protected mode.
<VulnDiscussion>The shell protocol will limit the set of folders that applications can open when run in protected mode. Restricting files an ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 must prevent attachments from being downloaded from RSS feeds.
<VulnDiscussion>Attachments from RSS feeds may not be secure. This setting will prevent attachments from being downloaded from RSS feeds.<...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 users must be notified if a web-based program attempts to install software.
<VulnDiscussion>Web-based programs may attempt to install malicious software on a system. Ensuring users are notified if a web-based program ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 directory data (outside the root DSE) of a non-public directory must be configured to prevent anonymous access.
<VulnDiscussion>To the extent that anonymous access to directory data (outside the root DSE) is permitted, read access control of the data is...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows Server 2019 domain controllers must be configured to allow reset of machine account passwords.
<VulnDiscussion>Enabling this setting on all domain controllers in a domain prevents domain members from changing their computer account pass...Rule Medium Severity
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