I - Mission Critical Public
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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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-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-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 Server 2016 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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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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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-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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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-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 -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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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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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-000095-GPOS-00049
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The Application Compatibility Program Inventory must be prevented from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft.
<VulnDiscussion>Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-OS-000368-GPOS-00154
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AutoPlay must be turned off for non-volume devices.
<VulnDiscussion>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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The default AutoRun behavior must be configured to prevent AutoRun commands.
<VulnDiscussion>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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AutoPlay must be disabled for all drives.
<VulnDiscussion>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-000134-GPOS-00068
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Administrator accounts must not be enumerated during elevation.
<VulnDiscussion>Enumeration of administrator accounts when elevating can provide part of the logon information to an unauthorized user. This ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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Windows 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-000341-GPOS-00132
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The Application event log size must be configured to 32768 KB or greater.
<VulnDiscussion>Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and req...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Security event log size must be configured to 196608 KB or greater.
<VulnDiscussion>Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and req...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000341-GPOS-00132
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The System event log size must be configured to 32768 KB or greater.
<VulnDiscussion>Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and req...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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Windows Server 2016 Windows SmartScreen must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Windows SmartScreen helps protect systems from programs downloaded from the internet that may be malicious. Enabling SmartScr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00192
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Explorer Data Execution Prevention must be enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Data Execution Prevention provides additional protection by performing checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from r...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
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
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
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-000373-GPOS-00157
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Passwords must not be saved in the Remote Desktop Client.
<VulnDiscussion>Saving passwords in the Remote Desktop Client could allow an unauthorized user to establish a remote desktop session to anoth...Rule Medium Severity
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