| V-3379 | High | The system is configured to store the LAN Manager hash of the password in the SAM. | This setting controls whether or not a LAN Manager hash of the password is stored in the SAM the next time the password is changed. The LAN Manager hash uses a weak encryption algorithm and there... |
| V-6834 | High | Named pipes and shares can be accessed anonymously. | This is a Category 1 finding because of the potential for gaining unauthorized system access.
Pipes are internal system communications processes. They are identified internally by ID numbers... |
| V-18010 | High | Unauthorized users will not have the "Debug programs" user right.
| Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
This is a Category 1 finding as it provides access to the kernel with complete access... |
| V-17900 | High | Disallow AutoPlay/Autorun from Autorun.inf | This registry key will prevent the autorun.inf from executing commands. |
| V-1093 | High | Anonymous enumeration of shares will be restricted. | This is a Category 1 finding because it allows anonymous logon users (null session connections) to list all account names and enumerate all shared resources, thus, providing a map of potential... |
| V-17418 | High | The Windows Firewall must block unsolicited inbound connections for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Unsolicited inbound connections may be malicious attempts to gain access to a... |
| V-26283 | High | Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts will not be allowed. | This is a Category 1 finding as it allows anonymous logon users (null session connections) to list all account names, thus providing a list of potential points to attack the system. |
| V-1127 | High | Only administrators responsible for the system must have Administrator rights on the system. | An account that does not have Administrator duties must not have Administrator rights. Such rights would allow the account to bypass or modify required security restrictions on that machine and... |
| V-26070 | High | Standard user accounts will only have Read permissions to the Winlogon registry key. | Permissions on the Winlogon registry key should only allow privileged accounts to change registry values. If standard users have this capability there is a potential for programs to run with... |
| V-1159 | High | The Recovery Console option is set to permit automatic logon to the system. | This is a Category 1 finding because if this option is set, the Recovery Console does not require you to provide a password and will automatically log on to the system, giving administrator access... |
| V-1152 | High | Anonymous access to the Registry is not restricted. | This is a Category I finding, because this vulnerability allows an anonymous individual read-access and write-access to some parts of the Registry.
The permissions set for the Winreg subkey... |
| V-1153 | High | The Send download LanMan compatible password option is not set to Send NTLMv2 response only\refuse LM & NTLM. | The Kerberos v5 authentication protocol is the default for authentication of users who are logging on to domain accounts. NTLM is retained in later Windows versions for compatibility with... |
| V-2374 | High | The system is configured to autoplay removable media. | Autoplay begins reading from a drive as soon as you insert media in the drive. As a result, the setup file of programs and the music on audio media starts immediately. By default, autoplay is... |
| V-17438 | High | The Windows Firewall must block unsolicited inbound connections for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Unsolicited inbound connections may be malicious attempts to gain access to a... |
| V-1145 | High | Administrator automatic logon is enabled. | This is a Category 1 finding because it will directly log on to the system with administrator privileges when the machine is rebooted. This would give full access to any unauthorized individual... |
| V-1140 | High | Users with administrative privilege are not documented or do not have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks. | Using a privileged account to perform routine functions makes the computer vulnerable to attack by any virus or Trojan Horse inadvertently introduced during a session that has been granted full... |
| V-2908 | High | Unencrypted remote access is permitted to system services. | This is a Category 1 finding because when unencrypted access to system services is permitted, an intruder can intercept user identification and passwords that are being transmitted in clear text. ... |
| V-36451 | High | Policy must require that administrative user accounts not be used with applications that access the internet, such as web browsers, or with potential internet sources, such as email. | Using applications that access the internet or have potential internet sources using administrative privileges exposes a system to compromise. If a flaw in an application is exploited while... |
| V-3338 | High | Unauthorized named pipes are accessible with anonymous credentials. | This is a Category 1 finding because of the potential for gaining unauthorized system access. Pipes are internal system communications processes. They are identified internally by ID numbers... |
| V-3339 | High | Unauthorized registry paths are remotely accessible. | This setting controls which registry paths are accessible from a remote computer. This is a Category 1 finding because it could give unauthorized individuals access to the registry.
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| V-3337 | High | Anonymous SID/Name translation is allowed. | This is a Category 1 finding because this setting controls the ability of users or processes that have authenticated as anonymous users to perform SID/Name translation. This setting should be... |
| V-3343 | High | Solicited Remote Assistance is allowed. | This setting controls whether or not solicited remote assistance is allowed from this computer. Solicited assistance is help that is specifically requested by the user. This is a Category 1... |
| V-3340 | High | Unauthorized shares can be accessed anonymously. | This is a Category 1 finding because of the potential for gaining unauthorized system access. Any shares listed can be accessed by any network user. This could lead to the exposure or corruption... |
| V-3347 | High | Internet Information System (IIS) or its subcomponents are installed on a workstation. | This is a Category 1 finding because not removing these services may allow unauthorized internet services to be hosted. Web sites should only be hosted on servers that have been designed for that... |
| V-3344 | High | The use of local accounts with blank passwords is not restricted to console logons only. | This is a Category 1 finding because no accounts with blank passwords should exist on a system. The password policy should prevent this from occurring. However, if a local account with a blank... |
| V-1102 | High | Unauthorized users will not be granted the "Act as part of the operating system" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
This is a Category 1 finding as accounts and groups that are assigned this right can... |
| V-1074 | High | An approved DoD virus scan program is not used and/or updated. | This is a Category 1 finding as Virus scan programs are a primary line of defense against the introduction of viruses and malicious code that can destroy data and even render a computer... |
| V-1073 | High | Systems must be at supported service pack (SP) or release levels. | Systems at unsupported service packs or releases will not receive security updates for new vulnerabilities and leaves them subject to exploitation. Systems must be maintained at a service pack... |
| V-34974 | High | The Windows Installer Always install with elevated privileges must be disabled. | Standard user accounts must not be granted elevated privileges. Enabling Windows Installer to elevate privileges when installing applications can allow malicious persons and applications to gain... |
| V-26479 | High | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Create a token object" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Create a token object" right allows a process to create an access token. This... |
| V-1081 | High | Local volumes are not formatted using NTFS. | This is a Category 1 finding because the ability to set access permissions and audit critical directories and files is only available by using NTFS. The capability to assign access permissions to... |
| V-32282 | High | Standard user accounts must only have Read permissions to the Active Setup\Installed Components registry key. | Permissions on the Active Setup\Installed Components registry key must only allow privileged accounts to add or change registry values. If standard user accounts have this capability there is a... |
| V-17428 | High | The Windows Firewall must block unsolicited inbound connections for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Unsolicited inbound connections may be malicious attempts to gain access to a... |
| V-7002 | High | DoD information system access does not require the use of a password. | The lack of password protection enables anyone to gain access to the information system, which opens a backdoor opportunity for intruders to compromise the system as well as other resources within... |
| V-4443 | High | Unauthorized registry paths and sub-paths are remotely accessible. | The registry is a database for computer configuration information, much of which is sensitive. An attacker could use this to facilitate unauthorized activities. To reduce the risk of this... |
| V-17429 | Medium | The Windows Firewall must allow outbound connections, unless a rule explicitly blocks the connection for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Outbound connections are allowed on a private network, unless a rule... |
| V-16006 | Medium | Unnecessary features are installed. | Windows includes additional features available for installation. The majority of these are unnecessary and may also increase the attack surface of the system. |
| V-16008 | Medium | UAC - All application are elevated. | This check verifies that Windows elevates all applications, not just signed ones. |
| V-26503 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Replace a process level token" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Replace a process level token" right allows one process or service to start... |
| V-26501 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Profile system performance" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Profile system performance" right can monitor system processes... |
| V-26500 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Profile single process" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Profile single process" right can monitor non-system processes... |
| V-1168 | Medium | Members of the Backup Operators group do not have separate accounts for backup duties and normal operational tasks. | Backup Operators are able to read and write to any file in the system, regardless of the rights assigned to it. Backup and restore rights permit users to circumvent the file access restrictions... |
| V-26505 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Shut down the system" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Shut down the system" right can interactively shut down a system... |
| V-26504 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Restore files and directories" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Restore files and directories" right can circumvent file and... |
| V-1164 | Medium | Outgoing secure channel traffic is not signed when possible. | Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated, and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but the channel is not integrity checked. If this policy is enabled, all... |
| V-1166 | Medium | The Windows SMB client is not enabled to perform SMB packet signing when possible. | If this policy is enabled, it causes the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) client to perform SMB packet signing when communicating with an SMB server that is enabled or required to perform SMB... |
| V-3378 | Medium | The system is not configured to use the Classic security model. | Windows includes two network-sharing security models - Classic and Guest only. With the classic model, local accounts must be password protected; otherwise, anyone can use guest user accounts to... |
| V-1163 | Medium | Outgoing secure channel traffic is not encrypted when possible. | Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but not all information is encrypted. If this policy is enabled, outgoing secure... |
| V-1162 | Medium | The Windows SMB server is not enabled to perform SMB packet signing when possible. | If this policy is enabled, it causes the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) server to perform SMB packet signing. |
| V-26469 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" right may be able to... |
| V-6836 | Medium | For systems utilizing a logon ID as the individual identifier, passwords are not at a minimum of 14-characters. | Information systems not protected with strong password schemes (including passwords of minimum length) provide the opportunity for anyone to crack the password, thus, gaining access to the system... |
| V-6832 | Medium | The Windows SMB client is not enabled to always perform SMB packet signing. | If this policy is enabled, it causes the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) client to perform SMB packet signing when communicating with an SMB server that is enabled or required to perform SMB... |
| V-6833 | Medium | The Windows SMB server is not enabled to always perform SMB packet signing. | If this policy is enabled, it causes the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) server to always perform SMB packet signing. |
| V-6831 | Medium | Outgoing secure channel traffic is not encrypted or signed. | Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated, and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but not all information is encrypted. If this policy is enabled, outgoing secure... |
| V-1099 | Medium | Lockout duration does not meet minimum requirements. | This parameter specifies the amount of time that must pass before a locked-out account is automatically unlocked by the system. |
| V-1098 | Medium | Time before bad-logon counter is reset does not meet minimum requirements. | This parameter specifies the amount of time that must pass between two successive login attempts to ensure that a lockout will occur. The smaller this value is, the less effective the account... |
| V-1097 | Medium | Number of allowed bad-logon attempts does not meet minimum requirements. | The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. The higher this value is, the less effective the account lockout feature will be in protecting the... |
| V-36439 | Medium | Local administrator accounts must have their privileged token filtered to prevent elevated privileges from being used over the network on domain systems. | A compromised local administrator account can provide means for an attacker to move laterally between domain systems.
With User Account Control enabled, filtering the privileged token for local... |
| V-6840 | Medium | To the extent system capabilities permit, system mechanisms are not implemented to enforce automatic expiration of passwords and to prevent reuse. | Passwords that do not expire or are reused increase the exposure of a password with greater probability of being discovered or cracked. |
| V-17415 | Medium | The Windows Firewall must be enabled for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. This setting enables the firewall when connected to the domain. |
| V-17417 | Medium | The Windows Firewall must be enabled for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. This setting enables the firewall when connected to a public network. |
| V-17416 | Medium | The Windows Firewall must be enabled for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. This setting enables the firewall when connected to a private network. |
| V-17419 | Medium | The Windows Firewall must allow outbound connections, unless a rule explicitly blocks the connection for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Outbound connections are allowed in the domain, unless a rule explicitly... |
| V-14241 | Medium | User Account Control - Switch to secure desktop. | This check verifies that the elevation prompt is only used in secure desktop mode. |
| V-14240 | Medium | User Account Control - Run all admins in Admin Approval Mode. | This check verifies that UAC has not been disabled. |
| V-14243 | Medium | Require username and password to elevate a running application. | This check verifies that the system is configured to always require users to type in a user name and password to elevate a running application. |
| V-14242 | Medium | User Account Control - Non UAC compliant applications run in virtualized file and registry entries. | This check verifies that non UAC compliant applications will run in virtualized file and registry entries in per user locations allowing them to run. |
| V-14247 | Medium | Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Service - Prevent password saving in the Remote Desktop Client. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from saving passwords in the Remote Desktop Client. |
| V-14249 | Medium | Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Services - Local drives prevented from sharing with Terminal Servers/Remote Session Hosts. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from sharing the local drives on their client computers to Remote Session Hosts that they access. |
| V-14248 | Medium | Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Services - Prevent users from connecting using Terminal Services or Remote Desktop. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from connecting to a computer using Terminal Services or Remote Desktop. |
| V-1122 | Medium | The system configuration is not set with a password-protected screen saver. | The system should be locked when unattended. Unattended systems are susceptible to unauthorized use. The screen saver should be set at a maximum of 15 minutes and be password-protected. This... |
| V-15666 | Medium | Turn off Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking Services. | This check verifies Microsoft Peer-to-Peer Networking Service is turned off. |
| V-15667 | Medium | Prohibit Network Bridge in Windows. | This check verifies the Network Bridge cannot be installed and configured. |
| V-3828 | Medium | Security-related software patches are not applied. | Major software vendors release security patches and hot fixes to their products when security vulnerabilities are discovered. It is essential that these updates be applied in a timely manner to... |
| V-21980 | Medium | Explorer Data Execution Prevention is disabled. | This setting will prevent Data Execution Prevention from being turned off for Windows Explorer. |
| V-26495 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Log on as a batch job" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Log on as a batch job" right allows accounts to log on using the task scheduler... |
| V-26494 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Lock pages in memory" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Lock pages in memory" right allows physical memory to be assigned to processes... |
| V-26497 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Modify an object label" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Modify an object label" right can change the integrity label of an... |
| V-26496 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Manage auditing and security log" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Manage auditing and security log" right can manage the Security log... |
| V-26558 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> System Integrity" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26490 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Impersonate a client after authentication" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Impersonate a client after authentication" right allows a program to impersonate... |
| V-26493 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Load and unload device drivers" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Load and unload device drivers" right allows device drivers to dynamically be... |
| V-26492 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Increase scheduling priority" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Increase scheduling priority" right can change a scheduling... |
| V-26554 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security State Change" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26555 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security System Extension" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26556 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security System Extension" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26557 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> System Integrity" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26499 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Perform volume maintenance tasks" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Perform volume maintenance tasks" right can manage volume and disk... |
| V-26551 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> IPSec Driver" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26552 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> IPSec Driver" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26553 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security State Change" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-15700 | Medium | Disable remote access to the plug and play interface. | This check verifies that remote access to the Plug and Play interface is disabled. |
| V-15706 | Medium | Password is required on resume from sleep (plugged in). | This check verifies that the user is prompted for a password on resume from sleep (Plugged In). |
| V-15705 | Medium | Password is required on resume from sleep (on battery). | This check verifies that the user is prompted for a password on resume from sleep (on battery). |
| V-16048 | Medium | Disable Help Ratings feed back. | This check verifies that the users cannot provide ratings feedback to Microsoft for Help content. |
| V-26491 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Increase a process working set" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Increase a process working set" right can change the size of a... |
| V-26506 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Take ownership of files or other objects" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Take ownership of files or other objects" right can take ownership... |
| V-26550 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Privilege Use -> Sensitive Privilege Use" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26498 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Modify firmware environment values" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Modify firmware environment values" right can change hardware... |
| V-3385 | Medium | The system is configured to allow case insensitivity. | This setting controls the behavior of non-Windows subsystems when dealing with the case of arguments or commands. Case sensitivity could lead to the access of files or commands that should be... |
| V-3383 | Medium | The system is not configured to use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing. | This setting ensures that the system uses algorithms that are FIPS compliant for encryption, hashing, and signing. FIPS compliant algorithms meet specific standards established by the U.S.... |
| V-3382 | Medium | The system is not configured to meet the minimum requirement for session security for NTLM SSP based clients. | Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with RPC sessions. In a homogenous Windows environment, all of the options should be enabled and testing should be... |
| V-3381 | Medium | The system is not configured to recommended LDAP client signing requirements. | This setting controls the signing requirements for LDAP clients. This setting should be set to Negotiate signing or Require signing depending on the environment and type of LDAP server in use. |
| V-3380 | Medium | The system is not configured to force users to log off when their allowed logon hours expire. | This setting controls whether or not users are forced to log off when their allowed logon hours expire. If logon hours are set for users, then this should be enforced. |
| V-16047 | Medium | Disable the built-in admin account. | The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. It also provides no accountability to individual administrators on a system. |
| V-17448 | Medium | Windows Firewall outbound rules must block IPv6 Protocols 41. | IPv6 transition technologies, which tunnel packets through other protocols, do not provide visibility. Blocking Protocols 41 with the firewall aids in preventing this. |
| V-17449 | Medium | Windows Firewall outbound rules must block IPv6 UDP 3544. | IPv6 transition technologies, which tunnel packets through other protocols, do not provide visibility. Blocking UDP 3544 with the firewall aids in preventing this. |
| V-17442 | Medium | Local firewall rules for the Windows Firewall must not be merged with group policy rules for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Merging local firewall rules with group policy firewall rules may weaken... |
| V-17443 | Medium | Local firewall connection rules for the Windows Firewall must not be merged with group policy rules for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Merging local firewall connection rules with group policy firewall rules may... |
| V-17441 | Medium | The Windows Firewall must block unicast response to multicast or broadcast messages for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Unicast responses to multicast or broadcast messages for a public network will... |
| V-15697 | Medium | Disable the Responder network protocol driver. | This check verifies that the Responder network protocol driver is disabled. |
| V-15696 | Medium | Disable the Mapper I/O Driver. | This check verifies that the Mapper I/O network protocol driver is disabled. |
| V-15699 | Medium | Disable the Windows Connect Now wizards. | This check verifies that access to the Windows Connect Now wizards is disabled. |
| V-15698 | Medium | The configuration of wireless devices using Windows Connect Now will be disabled. | This check verifies that the configuration of wireless devices using Windows Connect Now is disabled. |
| V-1154 | Medium | Ctrl+Alt+Del security attention sequence is disabled. | Disabling the Ctrl+Alt+Del security attention sequence can compromise system security. Because only Windows responds to the Ctrl+Alt+Del security sequence, you can be assured that any passwords... |
| V-1155 | Medium | The Deny access to this computer from the network user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local administrator accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny Access from the Network" right defines the accounts that are prevented from... |
| V-1157 | Medium | The smart card removal option is set to take no action. | Configuring a system to lock the workstation when a smart card is removed will ensure the system is inaccessible when unattended. |
| V-2372 | Medium | Reversible password encryption is not disabled. | Storing passwords using reversible encryption is essentially the same as storing clear-text versions of the passwords. For this reason, this policy should never be enabled. |
| V-3458 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services idle session time limit does not meet the requirement. | This setting controls how long a session may be idle before it is automatically disconnected from the server. Users should disconnect if they plan on being away from their terminals for extended... |
| V-3453 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services is not configured to always prompt a client for passwords upon connection. | This setting controls the ability of users to supply passwords automatically as part of their remote desktop connection. Disabling this setting would allow anyone to use the stored credentials in... |
| V-3457 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services is not configured to set a time limit for disconnected sessions. | This setting controls how long a session will remain open if it is unexpectedly terminated. Such sessions should be terminated as soon as possible. |
| V-3456 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services is not configured to delete temporary folders. | This setting controls the deletion of the temporary folders when the session is terminated. Temporary folders should always be deleted after a session is over to prevent hard disk clutter and... |
| V-3455 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services is configured to use a common temporary folder for all sessions. | This setting controls the use of per session temporary folders or of a communal temporary folder. If this setting is enabled, only one temporary folder is used for all remoted desktop sessions. ... |
| V-3454 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services is not configured with the client connection encryption set to the required level. | Remote connections must be encrypted to prevent interception of data or sensitive information. Selecting “High Level” will ensure encryption of Remote Desktop Services sessions in both directions. |
| V-36440 | Medium | Inbound exceptions to the firewall on domain workstations must only allow authorized management systems and remote management hosts. | Allowing inbound access to domain workstations from other systems may allow lateral movement across systems if credentials are compromised. Limiting inbound connections only from authorized... |
| V-22692 | Medium | Configure the default autorun behavior to prevent autorun commands. | Allowing autorun commands to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. Configuring this setting prevents autorun commands from executing. |
| V-14258 | Medium | Search Companion prevented from automatically downloading content updates. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Search Companion from automatically downloading content updates during local and Internet searches. |
| V-14259 | Medium | Prevent printing over HTTP. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent the client computer’s ability to print over HTTP, which allows the computer to print to printers on the intranet as well as the Internet. |
| V-14256 | Medium | Web publishing and online ordering wizards prevented from downloading list of providers. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Windows from downloading a list of providers for the Web publishing and online ordering wizards. |
| V-14257 | Medium | Windows Messenger prevented from collecting anonymous information. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Windows Messenger from collecting anonymous information about how the Windows Messenger software and service is used. |
| V-14254 | Medium | Client computers required to authenticate for RPC communication. | This check verifies that the system is configured to force client computers to provide authentication before an RPC communication is established. |
| V-14255 | Medium | File and Folder Publish to Web option unavailable. | This check verifies that the system is configured to make the options to publish to the web unavailable from File and Folder Tasks in Windows folders. |
| V-14253 | Medium | Restrict unauthenticated RPC clients. | This check verifies that the system is configured to restrict unauthenticated RPC clients from connecting to the RPC server. |
| V-14250 | Medium | Prevent Automatic Updates from being run. | This check verifies the system is configured to prevent Automatic Updates from being run unless directed to a DoD Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server. |
| V-1119 | Medium | Booting into alternate operating systems is permitted. | Allowing other operating systems to run on a secure system, can allow users to circumvent security. If more than one operating system is installed on a computer, each must be configured to be... |
| V-1114 | Medium | The built-in guest account has not been renamed. | A system faces an increased vulnerability threat if the built-in guest account is not renamed or disabled. The built-in guest account is a known user account on all Windows systems and, as... |
| V-1115 | Medium | The built-in administrator account has not been renamed. | The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. Renaming this account to an unidentified name improves the protection of this account and the system. |
| V-1113 | Medium | The built-in guest account is not disabled. | A system faces an increased vulnerability threat if the built-in guest account is not disabled. This account is a known account that exists on all Windows systems and cannot be deleted. This... |
| V-16021 | Medium | Help Experience Improvement Program is disabled. | This check verifies that the Windows Help Experience Improvement Program is disabled to prevent information from being passed to the vendor. |
| V-16020 | Medium | Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled. | This check verifies that the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled so information is not passed to the vendor. |
| V-21951 | Medium | Computer Identity Authentication for NTLM is used. | This setting ensures that services using Local System that use negotiate when reverting to NTLM authentication will use the computer identity vs. anonymously. |
| V-21950 | Medium | Configure the SPN target name validation level. | This setting helps prevent spoofing; ensuring that if a service principle name (SPN) is provided by the client, it is validated against the server’s list of SPNs. |
| V-21953 | Medium | Prevent PKU2U authentication using online identities. | This setting prevents online identities from being used by PKU2U, which is a peer-to-peer authentication protocol. Authentication will be centrally managed with Windows user accounts. |
| V-21952 | Medium | Prevent NTLM from falling back to a Null session. | This setting prevents NTLM from falling back to a Null (unauthenticated) session. |
| V-21954 | Medium | Configure Kerberos encryption types. | This setting configures a minimum encryption type for Kerberos preventing the use of the DES encryption suites. |
| V-28285 | Medium | Unauthorized users will not have the "Log on as a service" User Right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the right "Log on as a service" can start network services or register a... |
| V-26482 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Create symbolic links" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create symbolic links" right can create pointers to other objects... |
| V-26483 | Medium | The Deny log on as a batch job user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny log on as a batch job" right defines accounts that are prevented from... |
| V-26480 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Create global objects" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create global objects" right can create objects that are available... |
| V-26481 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Create permanent shared objects" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create permanent shared objects" right could expose sensitive data... |
| V-26486 | Medium | The Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services user right on workstations must prevent all access if RDS is not used by the organization. If RDS is used, it must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local administrator accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services" right defines the accounts that are... |
| V-26487 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation" right allows the... |
| V-26484 | Medium | The Deny log on as a service user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems. No other groups or accounts must be assigned this right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny log on as a service" right defines accounts that are denied log on as a... |
| V-26485 | Medium | The Deny log on locally user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny log on locally" right defines accounts that are prevented from logging on... |
| V-26488 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Force shutdown from a remote system" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Force shutdown from a remote system" right can remotely shut down a... |
| V-26489 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Generate security audits" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Generate security audits" right specifies users and processes that can generate... |
| V-15711 | Medium | Turn off indexing of encrypted files. | This check verifies that encrypted files are not indexed. |
| V-15713 | Medium | Turn off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting. | This check verifies that SpyNet membership is disabled. |
| V-15715 | Medium | Turn off Windows Error Reporting to Microsoft. | This check verifies that Windows Error Reporting is disabled. |
| V-15823 | Medium | Remove Software Certificate Installation Files | This check verifies that software certificate installation files have been removed from a system. |
| V-17439 | Medium | The Windows Firewall must allow outbound connections, unless a rule explicitly blocks the connection for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Outbound connections are allowed on a public network, unless a rule explicitly... |
| V-17433 | Medium | Local firewall connection rules for the Windows Firewall must not be merged with group policy rules for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Merging local firewall connection rules with group policy firewall rules may... |
| V-17432 | Medium | Local firewall rules for the Windows Firewall must not be merged with group policy rules for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Merging local firewall rules with group policy firewall rules may weaken... |
| V-17431 | Medium | The Windows Firewall must block unicast response to multicast or broadcast messages for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Unicast responses to multicast or broadcast messages for a private connection... |
| V-14262 | Medium | IPv6 will be disabled until a deliberate transition strategy has been implemented. | Any nodes’ interface with IPv6 enabled by default presents a potential risk of traffic being transmitted or received without proper risk mitigation strategy and therefore a serious security concern. |
| V-14261 | Medium | Windows is prevented from using Windows Update to search for drivers. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Windows from searching Windows Update for device drivers when no local drivers for a device are present. |
| V-14260 | Medium | Computer prevented from downloading print driver packages over HTTP. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent the computer from downloading print driver packages over HTTP. |
| V-14269 | Medium | Hide mechanism for removing zone information from file attachments. | This check verifies that users cannot manually remove zone information from saved file attachments. |
| V-14268 | Medium | Preserve zone information when saving attachments. | This check verifies that file attachments are marked with their zone of origin allowing Windows to determine risk. |
| V-15684 | Medium | IE security prompt is enabled for web-based installations. | This check verifies that users are notified if a web-based program attempts to install software. |
| V-26579 | Medium | The Application event log will be configured to a minimum size requirement. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly and require frequent clearing by administrative personnel. |
| V-15682 | Medium | Prevent RSS attachment downloads. | This check verifies that attachments are prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds. |
| V-15683 | Medium | Shell protocol runs in protected mode. | This check verifies that the shell protocol is run in protected mode. (This allows applications to only open limited folders.) |
| V-1141 | Medium | Unencrypted password is sent to third-party SMB server. | Some non-Microsoft SMB servers only support unencrypted (plain text) password authentication. Sending plain text passwords across the network, when authenticating to an SMB server, reduces the... |
| V-15685 | Medium | Prevent users from changing Windows installer options. | This check verifies that users are prevented from changing installation options. |
| V-26529 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Logon -> Credential Validation" successes. | Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-3480 | Medium | Media Player is configured to allow automatic checking for updates. | The automatic check for updates perform by the Windows Media Player must be disabled to ensure a constant platform and to prevent the introduction of unknown/untested software on the network. |
| V-32274 | Medium | The DoD Interoperability Root CA to DoD Root CA 2 cross certificate must be installed. | To ensure that users do not experience denial of service when performing certificate-based authentication to DoD websites due to the system chaining to a root other than DoD Root CA 2, the DoD... |
| V-32272 | Medium | The DoD Root Certificate must be installed. | To ensure secure DoD websites and DoD signed code are properly validated, the system must trust the DoD Root CA 2. The DOD root certificate will ensure that the trust chain is established for... |
| V-32273 | Medium | The External CA Root Certificate must be installed. | To ensure secure websites protected with ECA server certificates are properly validated, the system must trust the ECA Root CA 2. The ECA root certificate will ensure that the trust chain is... |
| V-14229 | Medium | Audit of backup and restore privileges is not turned off. | This policy setting stops the system from generating audit events for every file backed up or restored which could fill the security log in Windows. |
| V-14228 | Medium | Audit access to global system objects is not turned off. | This policy setting stops the system from setting up a default system access control list for certain system objects which could create a very large number of security events filling the security... |
| V-14225 | Medium | Administrator passwords are changed when necessary. | This check verifies that the passwords for the default and backup administrator accounts are changed at least annually or when any member of the administrative team leaves the organization.
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| V-14224 | Medium | The system does not have a backup administrator account. | The built-in administrator account, as a well known account subject to attack, is disabled by default and per STIG requirements. Domain Admins on domain joined systems should provide sufficient... |
| V-1107 | Medium | Password uniqueness does not meet minimum requirements. | A system is more vulnerable to unauthorized access when system users recycle the same password several times without being required to change a password to a unique password on a regularly... |
| V-1105 | Medium | Minimum password age does not meet minimum requirements. | Permitting passwords to be changed in immediate succession within the same day, allows users to cycle passwords through their history database. This enables users to effectively negate the... |
| V-1104 | Medium | Maximum password age does not meet minimum requirements. | The longer a password is in use, the greater the opportunity for someone to gain unauthorized knowledge of the passwords. Further, scheduled changing of passwords hinders the ability of... |
| V-1077 | Medium | ACLs for event logs will conform to minimum requirements. | Event logs are susceptible to unauthorized, and possibly anonymous, tampering if proper ACLs are not applied. |
| V-1072 | Medium | Shared user accounts are permitted on the system. | Shared accounts do not provide individual accountability for system access and resource usage. |
| V-1070 | Medium | Physical security of the Automated Information System (AIS) does not meet DISA requirements. | Inadequate physical protection can undermine all other security precautions utilized to protect the system. This can jeopardize the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of the system. ... |
| V-26576 | Medium | The IP-HTTPS IPv6 transition technology will be disabled. | IPv6 transition technologies which tunnel packets through other protocols do not provide visibility. |
| V-26577 | Medium | The ISATAP IPv6 transition technology will be disabled. | IPv6 transition technologies which tunnel packets through other protocols do not provide visibility. |
| V-26575 | Medium | The 6to4 IPv6 transition technology will be disabled.
| IPv6 transition technologies which tunnel packets through other protocols do not provide visibility. |
| V-26578 | Medium | The Teredo IPv6 transition technology will be disabled. | IPv6 transition technologies which tunnel packets through other protocols do not provide visibility. |
| V-1171 | Medium | Ejection of removable NTFS media is not restricted to administrators. | Removable hard drives can be formatted and ejected by others who are not members of the Administrators Group, if they are not properly configured. Formatting and ejecting removable NTFS media... |
| V-26478 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Create a pagefile" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create a pagefile" right can change the size of a pagefile which... |
| V-26476 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Change the system time" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Change the system time" right can change the system time which can... |
| V-26474 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Back up files and directories" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Back up files and directories" right can circumvent file and... |
| V-26473 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services" right can access a... |
| V-26472 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Allow log on locally" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Allow log on locally" right can log on interactively to a system. |
| V-26471 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Adjust memory quotas for a process" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Adjust memory quotas for a process" right can adjust memory that is... |
| V-26470 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Access this computer from the network" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Access this computer from the network" right may access resources... |
| V-15725 | Medium | The More Gadgets link will be disabled. | This check verifies that the More Gadgets link will effectively be disabled. |
| V-15724 | Medium | Unsigned gadgets will not be installed. | This check verifies that unsigned gadgets will not be installed. |
| V-15727 | Medium | Prevent users from sharing files from within their profiles. | This check verifies that users are prevented from sharing files. |
| V-15726 | Medium | Turn off user-installed gadgets. | This check verifies that user-installed gadgets will not run. |
| V-15722 | Medium | Prevent Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) from accessing the Internet. | This check verifies that Windows Media DRM will be prevented from accessing the Internet. |
| V-1089 | Medium | The required legal notice must be configured to display before console logon. | Failure to display the logon banner prior to a logon attempt will negate legal proceedings resulting from unauthorized access to system resources. |
| V-3471 | Medium | The system is configured to automatically forward error information. | This setting controls the reporting of errors to Microsoft and, if defined, a corporate error reporting site. This does not interfere with the reporting of errors to the local user. Since the... |
| V-3470 | Medium | The system is configured to allow unsolicited remote assistance offers. | This setting controls whether unsolicited offers of help to this computer are allowed. This has the possibility of allowing unauthorized users access to a system. |
| V-1088 | Medium | Registry key auditing configuration does not meet minimum requirements. | Improper modification of the Registry can render a system useless. Modifications to the Registry can have a significant impact on the security configuration of the system. Auditing of... |
| V-3479 | Medium | The system is not configured to use Safe DLL search mode. | The default search behavior, when an application calls a function in a Dynamic Link Library (DLL), is to search the current directory followed by the directories contained in the systems path... |
| V-1080 | Medium | File-auditing configuration does not meet minimum requirements. | Improper modification of the core system files can render a system inoperable. Further, modifications to these system files can have a significant impact on the security configuration of the... |
| V-26582 | Medium | The System event log will be configured to a minimum size requirement. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly and require frequent clearing by administrative personnel. |
| V-26581 | Medium | The Setup event log will be configured to a minimum size requirement. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly and require frequent clearing by administrative personnel. |
| V-26580 | Medium | The Security event log will be configured to a minimum size requirement. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly and require frequent clearing by administrative personnel. |
| V-3376 | Medium | The system is configured to permit storage of passwords and credentials. | This setting controls the storage of passwords and credentials for network authentication on the local system. Such credentials should never be stored on the local machine as that may lead to... |
| V-3377 | Medium | The system is configured to give anonymous users Everyone rights. | This setting helps define the permissions that anonymous users have. If this setting is enabled then anonymous users have the same rights and permissions as the built-in Everyone group. ... |
| V-3374 | Medium | The system is not configured to require a strong session key. | This setting controls the requirement that strong session keys be used between systems. |
| V-17421 | Medium | The Windows Firewall must block unicast response to multicast or broadcast messages for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Unicast responses to multicast or broadcast messages in the domain will be... |
| V-17422 | Medium | Local firewall rules for the Windows Firewall must not be merged with group policy rules for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Merging local firewall rules with group policy firewall rules may weaken... |
| V-17423 | Medium | Local firewall connection rules for the Windows Firewall must not be merged with group policy rules for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Merging local firewall connection rules with group policy firewall rules may... |
| V-14270 | Medium | Notify antivirus when file attachments are opened. | This check verifies that antivirus programs are notified when a user opens a file attachment. |
| V-14271 | Medium | Application account passwords length and change requirement. | Setting application accounts to expire may cause applications to stop functioning. The site will have a policy that application account passwords are changed at least annually or when a system... |
| V-1130 | Medium | ACLs for system files and directories do not conform to minimum requirements. | Failure to properly configure ACL file and directory permissions, allows the possibility of unauthorized and anonymous modification to the operating system and installed applications. |
| V-1131 | Medium | A password filter that enforces DoD requirements is not installed. | Password complexity software (e.g., Password Policy Enforcer) enforces a minimum mix of character types and potentially other options to create strong passwords. The following policy will be... |
| V-1137 | Medium | An Auditors group has not been created to restrict access to the Windows Event Logs. | The Security Event Log contains information on security exceptions that occur on the system. This data is critical for identifying security vulnerabilities and intrusions. The Application and... |
| V-15674 | Medium | Disable Internet File Association Service. | This check verifies that unhandled file associations will not use the Microsoft Web service to find an application. |
| V-26538 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> User Account Management" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26539 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Detailed Tracking -> Process Creation" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26532 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Computer Account Management" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26533 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Other Account Management Events" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26530 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Logon -> Credential Validation" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26531 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Computer Account Management" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26536 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Security Group Management" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26537 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> User Account Management" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26534 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Other Account Management Events" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26535 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Security Group Management" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-21975 | Medium | Prevent the system from joining a homegroup. | This setting will prevent a system from being joined to a homegroup. Homegroups are a method of sharing data and printers on a home network. |
| V-21973 | Medium | Turn off autoplay for non-volume devices. | This setting will disable autoplay for non-volume devices (such as Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) devices). |
| V-26549 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Privilege Use -> Sensitive Privilege Use" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26548 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Policy Change -> Authentication Policy Change" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26547 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Policy Change -> Audit Policy Change" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26546 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Policy Change -> Audit Policy Change" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26545 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Object Access -> Registry" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26544 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Object Access -> File System" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26543 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Logon/Logoff -> Special Logon" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26542 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Logon/Logoff -> Logon" failures.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26541 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Logon/Logoff -> Logon" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-26540 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Logon/Logoff -> Logoff" successes.
| Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detecting... |
| V-4448 | Medium | Group Policy objects are not reprocessed if they have not changed. | Enabling this setting and then selecting the "Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed" option ensures that the policies will be reprocessed even if none have been changed. This... |
| V-3666 | Medium | The system is not configured to meet the minimum requirement for session security for NTLM SSP based servers. | Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with RPC sessions. In a homogenous Windows environment, all of the options should be enabled and testing should be... |
| V-14239 | Medium | User Account Control - Elevate UIAccess applications that are in secure locations. | This check verifies whether Windows only allows applications installed in a secure location, such as the Program Files or the Windows\System32 folders, on the file system to run with elevated privileges. |
| V-14230 | Medium | Audit policy using subcategories is enabled. | This policy setting allows administrators to enable the more precise auditing capabilities present in Windows Vista and later. |
| V-14234 | Medium | User Account Control for the built In admin runs in Admin Approval Mode | This check verifies whether the built-in Administrator account runs in Admin Approval Mode. |
| V-14235 | Medium | User Account Control is configured for the appropriate elevation prompt for administrators | This setting configures the elevation requirements for logged on administrators to complete a task that requires raised privileges. |
| V-14236 | Medium | User Account Control is configured for the appropriate elevation prompt for standard users. | This check verifies that the logged on user is prompted for administrative credentials on the secure desktop when he attempts to complete a task that requires raised privileges. |
| V-14237 | Medium | User Account Control is configured to detect application installations. | This requires Windows to respond to application installation requests by prompting for credentials. |
| V-3245 | Medium | File share ACLs have not been reconfigured to remove the Everyone group. | By default, the Everyone group is given full control to new file shares. When a share is created, permissions should be reconfigured to give the minimum access to those accounts that require it. |
| V-16007 | Low | 8dot3 name creation is prevented. | This check verifies Windows is configured to allow the generation of 8.3 style file names for compatibility issues. |
| V-3375 | Low | Domain Controller authentication is not required to unlock the workstation. | This setting controls the behavior of the system when you attempt to unlock the workstation. If this setting is enabled, the system will pass the credentials to the domain controller (if in a... |
| V-26502 | Low | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Remove computer from docking station" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Remove computer from docking station" right defines accounts that can undock a system.
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| V-1165 | Low | The computer account password is prevented from being reset. | Computer account passwords are changed automatically on a regular basis. Enabling this policy to disable automatic password changes can make the system more vulnerable to malicious access. ... |
| V-1091 | Low | System halts once an event log has reached its maximum size. | A system that is configured to halt if an event log becomes full can create a denial of service situation. |
| V-1090 | Low | Caching of logon credentials is not limited. | The default Windows configuration caches the last logon credentials for users who log on interactively to a system. This feature is provided for system availability reasons such as the user’s... |
| V-1128 | Low | Security configuration tools are not being used to configure platforms for security compliance. | Security configuration tools (such as Security Templates and Group Policy) allow system administrators to consolidate all security related system settings into a single configuration file. These... |
| V-21964 | Low | Prevent device metadata retrieval from the Internet. | This setting will prevent Windows from retrieving device metadata from the Internet. |
| V-21965 | Low | Prevent Windows Update for device driver search | This setting will prevent from searching Windows Update for device drivers. |
| V-21966 | Low | Prevent handwriting personalization data sharing with Microsoft. | This setting prevents data from the handwriting recognition personalization tool being shared with Microsoft. |
| V-21967 | Low | Prevent Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) interactive communication with Microsoft. | This setting prevents the MSDT from communicating with and sending collected data to Microsoft, the default support provider. |
| V-21960 | Low | Require domain users to elevate when setting a network’s location. | This policy requires domain users to elevate when setting a network’s location. |
| V-21961 | Low | Route all Direct Access traffic through internal network. | This setting ensures all traffic is routed through the internal network, allowing monitoring and preventing split tunneling. |
| V-21963 | Low | Prevent searching Windows Update for point and print drivers. | This setting will prevent Windows from searching Windows Update for point and print drivers. Only the local driver store and server driver cache will be searched. |
| V-21969 | Low | Prevent access to Windows Online Troubleshooting Service (WOTS). | This setting prevents users from searching troubleshooting content on Microsoft servers. Only local content will be available. |
| V-15703 | Low | Users will not be prompted to search Windows Update for device drivers. | This check verifies that users will not be prompted to search Windows Updated for device drivers. |
| V-15702 | Low | A Windows error report is not sent when a generic driver is installed. | This check verifies that an error report will not be sent when a generic device driver is installed. |
| V-15701 | Low | Enable restore points for device driver installations. | This check verifies that a system restore point will be created when a new device driver is installed. |
| V-15707 | Low | Session logging for Remote Assistance is enabled. | This check verifies that Remote Assistance log files will be generated. |
| V-15704 | Low | Handwriting recognition error reports (Tablet PCs) are not sent to Microsoft. | This check verifies that errors in handwriting recognition on Tablet PCs are not reported to Microsoft. |
| V-15709 | Low | Disable Game Explorer information downloads. | This check verifies that game information is not downloaded from Windows Metadata Services. |
| V-17446 | Low | The Windows Firewall must log dropped packets for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Logging of dropped packets for a public network connection will be enabled to... |
| V-17447 | Low | The Windows Firewall must log successful connections for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Logging of successful connections for a public network connection will be... |
| V-17444 | Low | The Windows Firewall log file name and location must be configured for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. The location and file name of the firewall log for a public network connection... |
| V-17440 | Low | The Windows Firewall must display notifications when a program is blocked from receiving an inbound connection for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. The display of notifications to the user when a program is blocked from... |
| V-11806 | Low | The system is configured to allow the display of the last user name on the logon screen. | The user name of the last user to log onto a system will not be displayed. This eliminates half of the userid/password equation that an unauthorized person would need to log on. |
| V-1158 | Low | The Recovery Console SET command is enabled. | Enabling this option enables the Recovery Console SET command, which allows you to set Recovery Console environment variables. This permits floppy copy and access to all drives and folders. |
| V-1150 | Low | The built-in Microsoft password filter is not enabled. | The use of complex passwords increases their strength against guessing. This policy setting configures the system to verify that newly-created passwords conform to the Windows password complexity policy. |
| V-1151 | Low | Print driver installation privilege is not restricted to administrators. | By default, the print spooler allows any user to add and to delete printer drivers on the local system. This capability should be restricted to privileged groups to ensure only stable,... |
| V-4438 | Low | TCP data retransmissions are not controlled. | In a SYN flood attack, the attacker sends a continuous stream of SYN packets to a server, and the server leaves the half-open connections open until it is overwhelmed and is no longer able to... |
| V-1112 | Low | User account is dormant. | Outdated or unused accounts provide penetration points that may go undetected. |
| V-21955 | Low | Configure IPv6 source routing to highest protection. | This check verifies Windows is configured to protect against IPv6 packet spoofing. |
| V-21956 | Low | Configure IPv6 TCP data retransmissions to prevent resources from becoming exhausted. | This check verifies Windows is configured to control the maximum number of times that IPv6 TCP retransmits unacknowledged data segments before aborting the attempt to prevent resources from... |
| V-15712 | Low | Turn off indexing of mail items in Exchange Folder when Outlook is running in uncached mode. | This check verifies that mail items on a Microsoft Exchange server are not indexed when Outlook is running in uncached mode. |
| V-15714 | Low | Log error reporting events in the system event log. | This check verifies that Error Reporting events will be logged in the system event log. |
| V-15717 | Low | Requests for additional data in response to Error Reporting will be declined. | This check verifies that additional data requests in response to Error Reporting will be declined. |
| V-15718 | Low | Disable heap termination on corruption in Windows Explorer. | This check verifies that heap termination on corruption is disabled. This may prevent Windows Explorer from terminating immediately from certain legacy plug-in applications. |
| V-15719 | Low | Report whether logon server was accessible or cached credentials were used. | This check verifies that the user is notified whether the logon server was accessible or cached credentials were used. |
| V-17430 | Low | The Windows Firewall must display notifications when a program is blocked from receiving an inbound connection for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. The display of notifications to the user when a program is blocked from... |
| V-17437 | Low | The Windows Firewall must log successful connections for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Logging of successful connections for a private network connection will be... |
| V-17436 | Low | The Windows Firewall must log dropped packets for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Logging of dropped packets for a private network connection will be enabled ... |
| V-17435 | Low | The Windows Firewall log size must be configured for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. The firewall log file size for a private connection will be set to ensure... |
| V-17434 | Low | The Windows Firewall log file name and location must be configured for the Private Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. The location and file name of the firewall log for a private connection will... |
| V-15680 | Low | Enabled classic logon. | This check verifies that users will always use the classic logon screen. |
| V-15686 | Low | Prevent users from installing vendor signed updates. | This check verifies that users are prevented applying vendor signed updates. |
| V-15687 | Low | Prevent first use dialog boxes for Windows Media Player from displaying for users. | This check verifies that users are not presented with Privacy and Installation options on first use of Windows Media Player. |
| V-1148 | Low | Local users exist on a workstation in a domain. | To minimize potential points of attack, local users, other than built-in accounts such as Administrator and Guest accounts, should not exist on a workstation in a domain. Users should always log... |
| V-4108 | Low | The system does not generate an audit event when the audit log reaches a percent full threshold. | When the audit log reaches a given percent full, an audit event is written to the security log. The event ID is 523 and is recorded as a success audit under the category of System. This option may... |
| V-17445 | Low | The Windows Firewall log size must be configured for the Public Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. The firewall log file size for a public network connection will be set to... |
| V-1076 | Low | System information backups are not created, updated, and protected according to DISA requirements. | Recovery of a damaged or compromised system in a timely basis is difficult without a system information backup. A system backup will usually include sensitive information such as user accounts... |
| V-1075 | Low | The system allows shutdown from the logon dialog box. | Preventing display of the shutdown button in the logon dialog box may encourage a hard shut down with the power button. (However, displaying the shutdown button may allow individuals to shut down... |
| V-1174 | Low | Amount of idle time required before suspending a session is improperly set. | Administrators should use this setting to control when a computer disconnects an inactive SMB session. If client activity resumes, the session is automatically re-established. This protects... |
| V-1172 | Low | Users are not warned in advance that their passwords will expire. | This setting configures the system to display a warning to users telling them how many days are left before their password expires. By giving the user advanced warning, the user has time to... |
| V-1173 | Low | The default permissions of global system objects are not increased. | Windows system maintains a global list of shared system resources such as DOS device names, mutexes, and semaphores. Each type of object is created with a default DACL that specifies who can... |
| V-26477 | Low | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Change the time zone" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Change the time zone" right can change the time zone of a system.
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| V-26475 | Low | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Bypass traverse checking" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Bypass traverse checking" right can pass through folders when... |
| V-3472 | Low | The system is configured to use an unauthorized time server. | The Windows Time Service controls time synchronization settings. Time synchronization is essential for authentication and auditing purposes. If the Windows Time Service is used, it should... |
| V-1084 | Low | System pagefile is cleared upon shutdown. | This check verifies that Windows is configured to not wipe clean the system pagefile during a controlled system shutdown. |
| V-1085 | Low | Floppy media devices are not allocated upon user logon. | This check verifies that Windows is configured to not limit access to floppy drives when a user is logged on locally. |
| V-3373 | Low | The maximum age for machine account passwords is not set to requirements. | This setting controls the maximum password age that a machine account may have. This setting should be set to no more than 30 days, ensuring the machine changes its password monthly. |
| V-26359 | Low | The Windows dialog box title for the legal banner must be configured. | Failure to display the logon banner prior to a logon attempt will negate legal proceedings resulting from unauthorized access to system resources. |
| V-17420 | Low | The Windows Firewall must display notifications when a program is blocked from receiving an inbound connection for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. The display of notifications to the user when a program is blocked from... |
| V-17424 | Low | The Windows Firewall log file name and location must be configured for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. The location and file name of the firewall log for a domain connection will be... |
| V-17425 | Low | The Windows Firewall log size must be configured for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. The firewall log file size for a domain connection will be set to ensure... |
| V-17426 | Low | The Windows Firewall must log dropped packets for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Logging of dropped packets for a domain connection will be enabled to maintain... |
| V-17427 | Low | The Windows Firewall must log successful connections for the Domain Profile. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack. To be effective, it must be enabled and properly configured. Logging of successful connections for a domain connection will be enabled to... |
| V-1136 | Low | Users are not forcibly disconnected when logon hours expire. | Users should not be permitted to remain logged on to the network after they have exceeded their permitted logon hours. In many cases, this indicates that a user forgot to log off before leaving... |
| V-1135 | Low | Printer share permissions are not configured as recommended. | Improperly configured share permissions on printers can permit the addition of unauthorized print devices on the network. Windows shares are a means by which files, folders, printers, and other... |
| V-15676 | Low | Order Prints Online is blocked. | This check verifies that the “Order Prints Online” task is not available in Windows Explorer. |
| V-15675 | Low | Windows Registration Wizard is blocked. | This check verifies that the Windows Registration Wizard is blocked from online registration. |
| V-15673 | Low | The Internet Connection Wizard cannot download a list of ISPs from Microosft. | This check verifies that the Internet Connection Wizard cannot download a list of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from Microsoft. |
| V-15672 | Low | Event Viewer events.asp links are available. | This check verifies that Events.asp hyperlinks in Event Viewer are available. |
| V-15671 | Low | Root certificates will not be updated automatically from Microsoft. | This check verifies that root certificates will not be updated automatically from the Microsoft site. |
| V-21974 | Low | Turn off downloading of game updates. | This setting will prevent the system from downloading game update information from Windows Metadata Services. |
| V-21971 | Low | Prevent the Application Compatibility Program Inventory from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft. | This setting will prevent the Program Inventory from collecting data about a system and sending the information to Microsoft. |
| V-21970 | Low | Disable Performance PerfTrack. | This setting prevents responsiveness events from being aggregated and sent to Microsoft. |
| V-21978 | Low | Windows Anytime Upgrade is not disabled. | This setting will prevent Windows Anytime Upgrade from running. |
| V-4113 | Low | The system is configured for a greater keep-alive time than recommended. | Controls how often TCP sends a keep-alive packet in attempting to verify that an idle connection is still intact. |
| V-4112 | Low | The system is configured to detect and configure default gateway addresses. | Enables or disables the Internet Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) used to detect and configure default gateway addresses on the computer. |
| V-4111 | Low | The system is configured to redirect ICMP. | When disabled, forces ICMP to be routed via shortest path first. |
| V-4110 | Low | The system is configured to allow IP source routing. | Protects against IP source routing spoofing. |
| V-4116 | Low | The system is configured to allow name-release attacks. | Prevents a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against a WINS server. The DoS consists of sending a NetBIOS Name Release Request to the server for each entry in the servers cache, causing a response... |
| V-4442 | Low | This check verifies that Windows is configured to have password protection take effect within a limited time frame when the screen saver becomes active. | Allowing more than several seconds makes the computer vulnerable to a potential attack from someone walking up to the console to attempt to log onto the system before the lock takes effect. |
| V-17373 | Low | Secure Removable Media – CD-ROM | This check verifies that Windows is configured to not limit access to CD drives when a user is logged on locally. |
| V-14231 | Low | Hide computer from the browse list. | This setting prevents the computer name from displaying in the browse list. |
| V-14232 | Low | IPSec exemptions are limited. | This check verifies that Windows is configured to limit IPSec exemptions. |
