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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000362-GPOS-00149

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  • Windows Server 2019 must prevent users from changing installation options.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Installation options for applications are typically controlled by administrators. This setting prevents users from changing i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000362-GPOS-00149

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  • Windows Server 2019 must disable the Windows Installer Always install with elevated privileges option.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Standard user accounts must not be granted elevated privileges. Enabling Windows Installer to elevate privileges when install...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000363-GPOS-00150

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  • Windows Server 2019 system files must be monitored for unauthorized changes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Monitoring system files for changes against a baseline on a regular basis may help detect the possible introduction of malici...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

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  • Windows Server 2019 Autoplay must be turned off for non-volume devices.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing AutoPlay to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. AutoPlay begins reading from a drive as soon as media ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

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  • Windows Server 2019 default AutoRun behavior must be configured to prevent AutoRun commands.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing AutoRun commands to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. Configuring this setting prevents AutoRun comm...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154

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  • Windows Server 2019 AutoPlay must be disabled for all drives.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing AutoPlay to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. AutoPlay begins reading from a drive as soon media is ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000370-GPOS-00155

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  • Windows Server 2019 must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Using an allowlist provides a configuration management method to allow the execution of only authorized software. Using only ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • Windows Server 2019 must not save passwords 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
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • Windows Server 2019 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
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • Windows Server 2019 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • Windows Server 2019 User Account Control approval mode for the built-in Administrator must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • Windows Server 2019 User Account Control must automatically deny standard user requests for elevation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • Windows Server 2019 User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000379-GPOS-00164

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  • Windows Server 2019 must restrict unauthenticated Remote Procedure Call (RPC) clients from connecting to the RPC server on domain-joined member servers and standalone or nondomain-joined systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unauthenticated RPC clients may allow anonymous access to sensitive information. Configuring RPC to restrict unauthenticated ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000379-GPOS-00164

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  • Windows Server 2019 computer account password must not be prevented from being reset.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Computer account passwords are changed automatically on a regular basis. Disabling automatic password changes can make the sy...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173

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  • Windows Server 2019 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
  • SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173

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  • Windows Server 2019 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176

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  • Windows Server 2019 must use separate, NSA-approved (Type 1) cryptography to protect the directory data in transit for directory service implementations at a classified confidentiality level when replication data traverses a network cleared to a lower level than the data.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Directory data that is not appropriately encrypted is subject to compromise. Commercial-grade encryption does not provide ade...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186

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  • Windows Server 2019 must be configured to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring the system to ignore name release requests, except from WINS servers, prevents a denial of service (DoS) attack. ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187

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  • Windows Server 2019 domain controllers must require LDAP access signing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unsigned network traffic is susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks, where an intruder captures packets between the server a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187

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  • Windows Server 2019 setting Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always) must be configured to Enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated, and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but not al...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187

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  • Windows Server 2019 setting Domain member: Digitally encrypt secure channel data (when possible) must be configured to enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated, and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but not al...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187

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  • Windows Server 2019 setting Domain member: Digitally sign secure channel data (when possible) must be configured to Enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated, and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but the ch...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187

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  • Windows Server 2019 must be configured to require a strong session key.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A computer connecting to a domain controller will establish a secure channel. The secure channel connection may be subject to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187

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  • Windows Server 2019 setting Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always) must be configured to Enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The server message block (SMB) protocol provides the basis for many network operations. Digitally signed SMB packets aid in p...
    Rule Medium Severity

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