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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • 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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • WDigest Authentication must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • Run as different user must be removed from context menus.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Insecure guest logons allow unauthenticated access to shared folders. Shared resources on a system must require authenticati...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • Internet connection sharing must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet connection sharing makes it possible for an existing internet connection, such as through wireless, to be shared and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061

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  • Windows 10 must be configured to prioritize ECC Curves with longer key lengths first.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. By default Win...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Simultaneous connections to the internet or a Windows domain must be limited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • Connections to non-domain networks when connected to a domain authenticated network must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Multiple network connections can provide additional attack vectors to a system and should be limited. When connected to a do...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Wi-Fi Sense must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Wi-Fi Sense automatically connects the system to known hotspots and networks that contacts have shared. It also allows the s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020

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  • Command line data must be included in process creation events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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 10 must be configured to enable Remote host allows delegation of non-exportable credentials.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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 10 with the platform security level configured to Secure Boot or Secure Boot with DMA Protection.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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 10 domain-joined systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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    Group
  • Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By being launched first by the kernel, ELAM ( Early Launch Antimalware) is ensured to be launched before any third-party soft...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Group Policy objects must be reprocessed even if they have not changed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling interaction with the network selection UI allows users to change connections to available networks without signing i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • Local users on domain-joined computers must not be enumerated.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The username is one part of logon credentials that could be used to gain access to a system. Preventing the enumeration of us...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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  • Users must be prompted for a password on resume from sleep (on battery).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authentication must always be required when accessing a system. This setting ensures the user is prompted for a password on r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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  • The user must be prompted for a password on resume from sleep (plugged in).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authentication must always be required when accessing a system. This setting ensures the user is prompted for a password on r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

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  • Solicited Remote Assistance must not be allowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote assistance allows another user to view or take control of the local session of a user. Solicited assistance is help t...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000379-GPOS-00164

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  • Unauthenticated RPC clients must be restricted from connecting to the RPC server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuring RPC to restrict unauthenticated RPC clients from connecting to the RPC server will prevent anonymous connections....
    Rule Medium Severity

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