III - Administrative Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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The system must be configured to prevent IP source routing.
<VulnDiscussion>Configuring the system to disable IP source routing protects against spoofing.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives>&l...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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The system 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-000420-GPOS-00186
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The system must be configured to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers.
<VulnDiscussion>Configuring the system to ignore name release requests, except from WINS servers, prevents a denial of service (DoS) attack. ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068
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Local administrator accounts must have their privileged token filtered to prevent elevated privileges from being used over the network on domain systems.
<VulnDiscussion>A compromised local administrator account can provide means for an attacker to move laterally between domain systems. With U...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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WDigest Authentication must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>When the WDigest Authentication protocol is enabled, plain text passwords are stored in the Local Security Authority Subsyste...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Run as different user must be removed from context menus.
<VulnDiscussion>The "Run as different user" selection from context menus allows the use of credentials other than the currently logged on use...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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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-000095-GPOS-00049
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Internet connection sharing must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Internet connection sharing makes it possible for an existing internet connection, such as through wireless, to be shared and...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Hardened 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 Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths specified in Hardened UNC paths befor...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061
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Windows 11 must be configured to prioritize ECC Curves with longer key lengths first.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. By default Win...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000481-GPOS-00481
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Simultaneous connections to the internet or a Windows domain must be limited.
<VulnDiscussion>Multiple network connections can provide additional attack vectors to a system and must be limited. The "Minimize the number ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Connections to non-domain networks when connected to a domain authenticated network must be blocked.
<VulnDiscussion>Multiple network connections can provide additional attack vectors to a system and must be limited. When connected to a domai...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Wi-Fi Sense must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Wi-Fi Sense automatically connects the system to known hotspots and networks that contacts have shared. It also allows the sh...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020
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Command line data must be included in process creation events.
<VulnDiscussion>Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows 11 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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Virtualization-based Security must be enabled on Windows 11 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 virtuali...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Credential Guard must be running on Windows 11 domain-joined systems.
<VulnDiscussion>Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security to protect information that could be used in credential theft attacks if ...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Virtualization-based protection of code integrity must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Virtualization-based protection of code integrity enforces kernel mode memory protections as well as protecting Code Integrit...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers.
<VulnDiscussion>The default behavior is for Early Launch Antimalware - Boot-Start Driver Initialization policy is to enforce "Good, unknown a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Group Policy objects must be reprocessed even if they have not changed.
<VulnDiscussion>Enabling this setting and then selecting the "Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed" option ensures that ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Downloading print driver packages over HTTP must be prevented.
<VulnDiscussion>Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Web publishing and online ordering wizards must be prevented from downloading a list of providers.
<VulnDiscussion>Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Printing over HTTP must be prevented.
<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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Systems must at least attempt device authentication using certificates.
<VulnDiscussion>Using certificates to authenticate devices to the domain provides increased security over passwords. By default systems will ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The network selection user interface (UI) must not be displayed on the logon screen.
<VulnDiscussion>Enabling interaction with the network selection UI allows users to change connections to available networks without signing i...Rule Medium Severity
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