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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Windows Server 2016 must be configured to prevent anonymous users from having the same permissions as the Everyone group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Access by anonymous users must be restricted. If this setting is enabled, anonymous users have the same rights and permission...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000138-GPOS-00069

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    Group
  • Anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares must be restricted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing anonymous access to named pipes or shares provides the potential for unauthorized system access. This setting restri...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • Services using Local System that use Negotiate when reverting to NTLM authentication must use the computer identity instead of authenticating anonymously.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Services using Local System that use Negotiate when reverting to NTLM authentication may gain unauthorized access if allowed ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • NTLM must be prevented from falling back to a Null session.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;NTLM sessions that are allowed to fall back to Null (unauthenticated) sessions may gain unauthorized access.&lt;/VulnDiscussi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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    Group
  • PKU2U authentication using online identities must be prevented.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;PKU2U is a peer-to-peer authentication protocol. This setting prevents online identities from authenticating to domain-joined...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061

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    Group
  • Kerberos encryption types must be configured to prevent the use of DES and RC4 encryption suites.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Certain encryption types are no longer considered secure. The DES and RC4 encryption suites must not be used for Kerberos enc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The LAN Manager hash uses a weak encryption algorithm and there are several tools available that use this hash to retrieve ac...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The LAN Manager authentication level must be set to send NTLMv2 response only and to refuse LM and NTLM.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Kerberos v5 authentication protocol is the default for authentication of users who are logging on to domain accounts. NTL...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Windows Server 2016 must be configured to at least negotiate signing for LDAP client signing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting controls the signing requirements for LDAP clients. This must be set to "Negotiate signing" or "Require signing"...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Session security for NTLM SSP-based clients must be configured to require NTLMv2 session security and 128-bit encryption.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with Remote Procedure Call (RPC) sessions. All of t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Session security for NTLM SSP-based servers must be configured to require NTLMv2 session security and 128-bit encryption.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with Remote Procedure Call (RPC) sessions. All of t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000067-GPOS-00035

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  • Users must be required to enter a password to access private keys stored on the computer.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the private key is discovered, an attacker can use the key to authenticate as an authorized user and gain access to the ne...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014

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    Group
  • Windows Server 2016 must be configured to use FIPS-compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting ensures the system uses algorithms that are FIPS-compliant for encryption, hashing, and signing. FIPS-compliant ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The default permissions of global system objects must be strengthened.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Windows systems maintain a global list of shared system resources such as DOS device names, mutexes, and semaphores. Each typ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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    Group
  • User Account Control approval mode for the built-in Administrator must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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  • UIAccess applications must not be allowed to prompt for elevation without using the secure desktop.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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  • User Account Control must, at a minimum, prompt administrators for consent on the secure desktop.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • User Account Control must automatically deny standard user requests for elevation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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  • User Account Control must be configured to detect application installations and prompt for elevation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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  • User Account Control must only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157

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  • User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000134-GPOS-00068

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  • User Account Control must virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative account...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • Zone information must be preserved when saving attachments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Attachments from outside sources may contain malicious code. Preserving zone of origin (Internet, intranet, local, restricted...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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  • The Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125

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  • The Act as part of the operating system user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with t...
    Rule High Severity

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