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II - Mission Support Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • 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 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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &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 Server 2016 virtualization-based security must be enabled 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 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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &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-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-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Users must be prompted to authenticate when the system wakes from sleep (on battery).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &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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  • The 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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  • 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-000134-GPOS-00068

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  • Administrator accounts must not be enumerated during elevation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &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-000341-GPOS-00132

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  • The Application event log size must be configured to 32768 KB or greater.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • The Security event log size must be configured to 196608 KB or greater.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • The System event log size must be configured to 32768 KB or greater.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Explorer Data Execution Prevention must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Turning off File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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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  • File Explorer shell protocol must run in protected mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • Passwords must not be saved 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

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