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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • 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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    Group
  • 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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    Group
  • 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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    Group
  • 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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    Group
  • 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
  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

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    Group
  • Local drives must be prevented from sharing with Remote Desktop Session Hosts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing users from sharing the local drives on their client computers with Remote Session Hosts that they access helps red...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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    Group
  • 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-000250-GPOS-00093

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  • The Remote Desktop Session Host must require secure Remote Procedure Call (RPC) communications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing unsecure RPC communication exposes the system to man-in-the-middle attacks and data disclosure attacks. A man-in-the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000250-GPOS-00093

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    Group
  • Remote Desktop Services must be configured with the client connection encryption set to High Level.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote connections must be encrypted to prevent interception of data or sensitive information. Selecting "High Level" will en...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Attachments must be prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Attachments from RSS feeds may not be secure. This setting will prevent attachments from being downloaded from RSS feeds.&lt;...
    Rule Medium Severity

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