| V-253283 | High | Data Execution Prevention (DEP) must be configured to at least OptOut. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. Data Execution Prevention (DEP) prevents harmful code from running in protected memory locations reserved for... |
| V-253284 | High | Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be enabled. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) blocks exploits that use the Structured Exception... |
| V-253305 | High | Reversible password encryption must be disabled. | Storing passwords using reversible encryption is essentially the same as storing clear-text versions of the passwords. For this reason, this policy must never be enabled. |
| V-253382 | High | Solicited Remote Assistance must not be allowed. | Remote assistance allows another user to view or take control of the local session of a user. Solicited assistance is help that is specifically requested by the local user. This may allow... |
| V-253386 | High | Autoplay must be turned off for non-volume devices. | Allowing autoplay to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. Autoplay begins reading from a drive as soon as media is inserted in the drive. As a result, the setup file of programs or... |
| V-253387 | High | The default autorun behavior must be configured 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-253388 | High | Autoplay must be disabled for all drives. | Allowing autoplay to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. Autoplay begins reading from a drive as soon as media is inserted in the drive. As a result, the setup file of programs or... |
| V-253486 | High | The "Create a token object" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Create a token object" user right allows a process to create an access token.... |
| V-253481 | High | The "Act as part of the operating system" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Act as part of the operating system" user right can assume the... |
| V-253411 | High | The Windows Installer feature "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-253416 | High | The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Basic authentication. | Basic authentication uses plain text passwords that could be used to compromise a system. |
| V-253418 | High | The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not use Basic authentication. | Basic authentication uses plain text passwords that could be used to compromise a system. |
| V-253490 | High | The "Debug programs" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Debug Programs" user right can attach a debugger to any process or... |
| V-253370 | High | Credential Guard must be running on Windows 11 domain-joined systems. | Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security to protect information that could be used in credential theft attacks if compromised. This authentication information, which was stored in the... |
| V-253462 | High | The LanMan authentication level must be set to send NTLMv2 response only, and to refuse LM and NTLM. | The Kerberos v5 authentication protocol is the default for authentication of users who are logging on to domain accounts. NTLM, which is less secure, is retained in later Windows versions for... |
| V-253461 | High | The system must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. | The LAN Manager hash uses a weak encryption algorithm and there are several tools available that use this hash to retrieve account passwords. This setting controls whether or not a LAN Manager... |
| V-253275 | High | Internet Information System (IIS) or its subcomponents must not be installed on a workstation. | IIS is not installed by default. Installation of Internet Information System (IIS) may allow unauthorized internet services to be hosted. Websites must only be hosted on servers that have been... |
| V-253456 | High | Anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares must be restricted. | Allowing anonymous access to named pipes or shares provides the potential for unauthorized system access. This setting restricts access to those defined in "Network access: Named Pipes that can be... |
| V-253454 | High | Anonymous enumeration of shares must be restricted. | Allowing anonymous logon users (null session connections) to list all account names and enumerate all shared resources can provide a map of potential points to attack the system. |
| V-253452 | High | Anonymous SID/Name translation must not be allowed. | Allowing anonymous SID/Name translation can provide sensitive information for accessing a system. Only authorized users must be able to perform such translations. |
| V-253453 | High | Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts must not be allowed. | Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts allows anonymous log on users (null session connections) to list all accounts names, thus providing a list of potential points to attack the system. |
| V-253294 | High | Administrative accounts must 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-253269 | High | Only accounts responsible for the administration of a 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-253265 | High | Local volumes must be formatted using NTFS. | The ability to set access permissions and auditing is critical to maintaining the security and proper access controls of a system. To support this, volumes must be formatted using the NTFS file system. |
| V-253264 | High | The Windows 11 system must use an antivirus program. | Malicious software can establish a base on individual desktops and servers. Employing an automated mechanism to detect this type of software will aid in elimination of the software from the... |
| V-253263 | High | Windows 11 systems must be maintained at a supported servicing level. | Windows 11 is maintained by Microsoft at servicing levels for specific periods of time to support Windows as a Service. Systems at unsupported servicing levels or releases will not receive... |
| V-253324 | Medium | The system must be configured to audit Object Access - Removable Storage 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253325 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253289 | Medium | The Secondary Logon service must be disabled on Windows 11. | The Secondary Logon service provides a means for entering alternate credentials, typically used to run commands with elevated privileges. Using privileged credentials in a standard user session... |
| V-253288 | Medium | The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the SMB client. | SMBv1 is a legacy protocol that uses the MD5 algorithm as part of SMB. MD5 is known to be vulnerable to a number of attacks such as collision and preimage attacks as well as not being FIPS... |
| V-253320 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit Object Access - File Share 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253321 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit Object Access - Other Object Access 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253322 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit Object Access - Other Object Access 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253323 | Medium | The system must be configured to audit Object Access - Removable Storage 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253282 | Medium | Inbound exceptions to the firewall on Windows 11 domain workstations must only allow authorized 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 remote... |
| V-253281 | Medium | A host-based firewall must be installed and enabled on the system. | A firewall provides a line of defense against attack, allowing or blocking inbound and outbound connections based on a set of rules. |
| V-253280 | Medium | Software certificate installation files must be removed from Windows 11. | Use of software certificates and their accompanying installation files for end users to access resources is less secure than the use of hardware-based certificates. |
| V-253287 | Medium | The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the SMB server. | SMBv1 is a legacy protocol that uses the MD5 algorithm as part of SMB. MD5 is known to be vulnerable to a number of attacks such as collision and preimage attacks as well as not being FIPS... |
| V-253286 | Medium | The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the system. | SMBv1 is a legacy protocol that uses the MD5 algorithm as part of SMB. MD5 is known to be vulnerable to a number of attacks such as collision and preimage attacks as well as not being FIPS... |
| V-253285 | Medium | The Windows PowerShell 2.0 feature must be disabled on the system. | Windows PowerShell 5.0 added advanced logging features which can provide additional detail when malware has been run on a system. Disabling the Windows PowerShell 2.0 mitigates against a downgrade... |
| V-253396 | Medium | Explorer Data Execution Prevention must be enabled. | Data Execution Prevention (DEP) provides additional protection by performing checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running. This setting will prevent Data Execution Prevention from... |
| V-253270 | Medium | Only accounts responsible for the backup operations must be members of the Backup Operators group. | 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-253376 | Medium | Printing over HTTP must be prevented. | Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive... |
| V-253337 | Medium | The Application event log size must be configured to 32768 KB or greater. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and require frequent attention by administrative personnel. |
| V-253336 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253335 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253334 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253333 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253332 | Medium | The system must be configured to audit System - Other System 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253331 | Medium | The system must be configured to audit System - Other System 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253330 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253339 | Medium | The System event log size must be configured to 32768 KB or greater. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and require frequent attention by administrative personnel. |
| V-253338 | Medium | The Security event log size must be configured to 1024000 KB or greater. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and require frequent attention by administrative personnel. |
| V-253326 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253449 | Medium | The Windows SMB client must be configured to always perform SMB packet signing. | The server message block (SMB) protocol provides the basis for many network operations. Digitally signed SMB packets aid in preventing man-in-the-middle attacks. If this policy is enabled, the SMB... |
| V-253448 | Medium | The Smart Card removal option must be configured to Force Logoff or Lock Workstation. | Unattended systems are susceptible to unauthorized use and must be locked. Configuring a system to lock when a smart card is removed will ensure the system is inaccessible when unattended. |
| V-253327 | Medium | The system must be configured to audit Policy Change - Authorization 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253440 | Medium | Outgoing secure channel traffic must be signed. | 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, outgoing... |
| V-253443 | Medium | The system must be configured to require a strong session key. | A computer connecting to a domain controller will establish a secure channel. Requiring strong session keys enforces 128-bit encryption between systems. |
| V-253445 | 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.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000024-GPOS-00007,... |
| V-253444 | Medium | The machine inactivity limit must be set to 15 minutes, locking the system with the screensaver. | Unattended systems are susceptible to unauthorized use and must be locked when unattended. The screen saver must be set at a maximum of 15 minutes and be password protected. This protects critical... |
| V-253308 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253309 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253302 | Medium | The minimum password age must be configured to at least 1 day. | 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 purpose... |
| V-253303 | Medium | Passwords must, at a minimum, be 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-253300 | Medium | The password history must be configured to 24 passwords remembered. | 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-253301 | Medium | The maximum password age must be configured to 60 days or less. | The longer a password is in use, the greater the opportunity for someone to gain unauthorized knowledge of the passwords. Scheduled changing of passwords hinders the ability of unauthorized... |
| V-253306 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253307 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253304 | Medium | The built-in Microsoft password complexity filter must be enabled. | The use of complex passwords increases their strength against guessing and brute-force attacks. This setting configures the system to verify that newly created passwords conform to the Windows... |
| V-253429 | Medium | The DoD Interoperability Root CA cross-certificates must be installed in the Untrusted Certificates Store on unclassified systems. | To ensure 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 CAs, the DoD... |
| V-253328 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253329 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253492 | Medium | The "Deny log on as a batch job" user right on domain-joined workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts. | 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-253438 | Medium | Outgoing secure channel traffic must be 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-253439 | Medium | Outgoing secure channel traffic must be encrypted. | 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-253493 | Medium | The "Deny log on as a service" user right on Windows 11 domain-joined workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts. | 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-253434 | Medium | Local accounts with blank passwords must be restricted to prevent access from the network. | An account without a password can allow unauthorized access to a system as only the username would be required. Password policies must prevent accounts with blank passwords from existing on a... |
| V-253435 | Medium | The built-in administrator account must be 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-253436 | Medium | The built-in guest account must be renamed. | The built-in guest account is a well-known user account on all Windows systems and, as initially installed, does not require a password. This can allow access to system resources by unauthorized... |
| V-253437 | Medium | Audit policy using subcategories must be enabled. | 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253430 | Medium | The US DoD CCEB Interoperability Root CA cross-certificates must be installed in the Untrusted Certificates Store on unclassified systems. | To ensure 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 CAs, the US DoD CCEB... |
| V-253431 | Medium | Default permissions for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive must be maintained. | The registry is integral to the function, security, and stability of the Windows system. Changing the system's registry permissions allows the possibility of unauthorized and anonymous... |
| V-253432 | Medium | The built-in administrator account must be disabled. | The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. It also provides no accountability to individual administrators on a system. It must be disabled to prevent its use. |
| V-253433 | Medium | The built-in guest account must be 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-253498 | Medium | The "Impersonate a client after authentication" user right must only be assigned to Administrators, Service, Local Service, and Network Service. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Impersonate a client after authentication" user right allows a program to... |
| V-253499 | Medium | The "Load and unload device drivers" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Load and unload device drivers" user right allows device drivers to dynamically... |
| V-253319 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit Object Access - File Share 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253318 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253258 | Medium | Windows 11 must employ automated mechanisms to determine the state of system components with regard to flaw remediation using the following frequency: continuously, where ESS is used; 30 days, for any additional internal network scans not covered by ESS; and annually, for external scans by Computer Network Defense Service Provider (CNDSP). | An approved tool for continuous network scanning must be installed and configured to run.
Without the use of automated mechanisms to scan for security flaws on a continuous and/or periodic basis,... |
| V-253315 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253314 | Medium | The system must be configured to audit Logon/Logoff - Group Membership 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253317 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253491 | 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 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 to this computer from the network" right defines the accounts that... |
| V-253311 | Medium | The system must be configured to audit Detailed Tracking - PNP Activity 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253310 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253313 | Medium | The system must be configured to audit Logon/Logoff - Account Lockout 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253312 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253494 | 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-253495 | Medium | The "Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services" user right on Windows 11 workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local 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-253298 | Medium | The number of allowed bad logon attempts must be configured to three or less. | 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-253299 | Medium | The period of time before the bad logon counter is reset must be configured to 15 minutes. | The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. This parameter specifies the period of time that must pass after failed logon attempts before the... |
| V-253383 | Medium | Unauthenticated RPC clients must be restricted from connecting to the RPC server. | Configuring RPC to restrict unauthenticated RPC clients from connecting to the RPC server will prevent anonymous connections. |
| V-253380 | Medium | Users must be prompted for a password on resume from sleep (on battery). | Authentication must always be required when accessing a system. This setting ensures the user is prompted for a password on resume from sleep (on battery). |
| V-253381 | Medium | The user must be prompted for a password on resume from sleep (plugged in). | Authentication must always be required when accessing a system. This setting ensures the user is prompted for a password on resume from sleep (plugged in). |
| V-253427 | Medium | The DoD Root CA certificates must be installed in the Trusted Root Store. | To ensure secure DoD websites and DoD-signed code are properly validated, the system must trust the DoD Root Certificate Authorities (CAs). The DoD root certificates will ensure that the trust... |
| V-253426 | Medium | Windows 11 Kernel (Direct Memory Access) DMA Protection must be enabled. | Kernel DMA Protection to protect PCs against drive-by Direct Memory Access (DMA) attacks using PCI hot plug devices connected to Thunderbolt 3 ports. Drive-by DMA attacks can lead to disclosure of... |
| V-253389 | Medium | Enhanced anti-spoofing for facial recognition must be enabled on Windows 11. | Enhanced anti-spoofing provides additional protections when using facial recognition with devices that support it. |
| V-253423 | Medium | The convenience PIN for Windows 11 must be disabled. | This policy controls whether a domain user can sign in using a convenience PIN to prevent enabling (Password Stuffer). |
| V-253422 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to prevent Windows apps from being activated by voice while the system is locked. | Allowing Windows apps to be activated by voice from the lock screen could allow for unauthorized use. Requiring logon will ensure the apps are only used by authorized personnel. |
| V-253421 | Medium | The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not use Digest authentication. | Digest authentication is not as strong as other options and may be subject to man-in-the-middle attacks. |
| V-253420 | Medium | The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not store RunAs credentials. | Storage of administrative credentials could allow unauthorized access. Disallowing the storage of RunAs credentials for Windows Remote Management will prevent them from being used with plug-ins. |
| V-253463 | Medium | The system must be configured to the required LDAP client signing level. | This setting controls the signing requirements for LDAP clients. This setting must be set to Negotiate signing or Require signing, depending on the environment and type of LDAP server in use. |
| V-253489 | Medium | The "Create symbolic links" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create symbolic links" user right can create pointers to other... |
| V-253488 | Medium | The "Create permanent shared objects" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create permanent shared objects" user right could expose sensitive... |
| V-253485 | Medium | The "Create a pagefile" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create a pagefile" user right can change the size of a pagefile,... |
| V-253484 | Medium | The "Change the system time" user right must only be assigned to Administrators and Local Service. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Change the system time" user right can change the system time,... |
| V-253487 | Medium | The "Create global objects" user right must only be assigned to Administrators, Service, Local Service, and Network Service. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create global objects" user right can create objects that are... |
| V-253480 | Medium | The "Access this computer from the network" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators and Remote Desktop Users groups. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Access this computer from the network" user right may access... |
| V-253483 | Medium | The "Back up files and directories" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Back up files and directories" user right can circumvent file and... |
| V-253482 | Medium | The "Allow log on locally" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators and Users groups. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Allow log on locally" user right can log on interactively to a system. |
| V-253368 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to enable Remote host allows delegation of non-exportable credentials. | An exportable version of credentials is provided to remote hosts when using credential delegation which exposes them to theft on the remote host. Restricted Admin mode or Remote Credential Guard... |
| V-253369 | Medium | Virtualization-based Security must be enabled on Windows 11 with the platform security level configured to Secure Boot or Secure Boot with DMA Protection. | Virtualization-based Security (VBS) provides the platform for the additional security features, Credential Guard and virtualization-based protection of code integrity. Secure Boot is the minimum... |
| V-253291 | Medium | Bluetooth must be turned off unless approved by the organization. | If not configured properly, Bluetooth may allow rogue devices to communicate with a system. If a rogue device is paired with a system, there is potential for sensitive information to be compromised. |
| V-253360 | Medium | Insecure logons to an SMB server must be disabled. | Insecure guest logons allow unauthenticated access to shared folders. Shared resources on a system must require authentication to establish proper access. |
| V-253361 | Medium | Internet connection sharing must be disabled. | Internet connection sharing makes it possible for an existing internet connection, such as through wireless, to be shared and used by other systems essentially creating a mobile hotspot. This... |
| V-253362 | Medium | Hardened UNC Paths must be defined to require mutual authentication and integrity for at least the \\*\SYSVOL and \\*\NETLOGON shares. | Additional security requirements are applied to Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths specified in Hardened UNC paths before allowing access them. This aids in preventing tampering with or... |
| V-253363 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to prioritize ECC Curves with longer key lengths first. | Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. By default Windows uses ECC curves with shorter key lengths first. Requiring ECC... |
| V-253364 | Medium | Simultaneous connections to the internet or a Windows domain must be limited. | Multiple network connections can provide additional attack vectors to a system and must be limited. The "Minimize the number of simultaneous connections to the Internet or a Windows Domain"... |
| V-253365 | Medium | Connections to non-domain networks when connected to a domain authenticated network must be blocked. | Multiple network connections can provide additional attack vectors to a system and must be limited. When connected to a domain, communication must go through the domain connection. |
| V-253366 | Medium | Wi-Fi Sense must be disabled. | Wi-Fi Sense automatically connects the system to known hotspots and networks that contacts have shared. It also allows the sharing of the system's known networks to contacts. Automatically... |
| V-253367 | Medium | Command line data must be included in process creation events. | 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253395 | Medium | The Microsoft Defender SmartScreen for Explorer must be enabled. | Microsoft Defender SmartScreen helps protect systems from programs downloaded from the internet that may be malicious. Enabling Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will warn or prevent users from... |
| V-253290 | Medium | Orphaned security identifiers (SIDs) must be removed from user rights on Windows 11. | Accounts or groups given rights on a system may show up as unresolved SIDs for various reasons including deletion of the accounts or groups. If the account or group objects are reanimated, there... |
| V-253295 | Medium | Windows 11 non-persistent VM sessions must not exceed 24 hours. | For virtual desktop implementations (VDIs) where the virtual desktop instance is deleted or refreshed upon logoff, the organization must enforce that sessions be terminated within 24 hours. This... |
| V-253412 | Medium | Users must be notified if a web-based program attempts to install software. | Web-based programs may attempt to install malicious software on a system. Ensuring users are notified if a web-based program attempts to install software allows them to refuse the installation. |
| V-253413 | Medium | Automatically signing in the last interactive user after a system-initiated restart must be disabled. | Windows can be configured to automatically sign the user back in after a Windows Update restart. Some protections are in place to help ensure this is done in a secure fashion; however, disabling... |
| V-253410 | Medium | Users must be prevented from changing installation options. | Installation options for applications are typically controlled by administrators. This setting prevents users from changing installation options that may bypass security features. |
| V-253391 | Medium | Administrator accounts must not be enumerated during elevation. | Enumeration of administrator accounts when elevating can provide part of the logon information to an unauthorized user. This setting configures the system to always require users to type in a... |
| V-253417 | Medium | The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client must not allow unencrypted traffic. | Unencrypted remote access to a system can allow sensitive information to be compromised. Windows remote management connections must be encrypted to prevent this. |
| V-253393 | Medium | Windows Telemetry must not be configured to Full. | Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Limiting this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information... |
| V-253392 | Medium | Enhanced diagnostic data must be limited to the minimum required to support Windows Analytics. | Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Limiting this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information... |
| V-253254 | Medium | Domain-joined systems must use Windows 11 Enterprise Edition 64-bit version. | Features such as Credential Guard use virtualization-based security to protect information that could be used in credential theft attacks if compromised. There are a number of system requirements... |
| V-253257 | Medium | Secure Boot must be enabled on Windows 11 systems. | Secure Boot is a standard that ensures systems boot only to a trusted operating system. Secure Boot is required to support additional security features in Windows 11, including... |
| V-253399 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to disable Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting. | Windows Game Recording and Broadcasting is intended for use with games; however, it could potentially record screen shots of other applications and expose sensitive data. Disabling the feature... |
| V-253398 | Medium | File Explorer shell protocol must run in protected mode. | The shell protocol will limit the set of folders applications can open when run in protected mode. Restricting files an application can open, to a limited set of folders, increases the security of Windows. |
| V-253259 | Medium | Windows 11 information systems must use BitLocker to encrypt all disks to protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest. | If data at rest is unencrypted, it is vulnerable to disclosure. Even if the operating system enforces permissions on data access, an adversary can remove non-volatile memory and read it directly,... |
| V-253470 | Medium | Windows 11 must use multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged and non-privileged accounts. | Without the use of multifactor authentication, the ease of access to privileged and non-privileged functions is greatly increased.
All domain accounts must be enabled for multifactor... |
| V-253471 | Medium | User Account Control must automatically deny elevation requests for standard users. | User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. Denying elevation requests from standard user... |
| V-253472 | Medium | User Account Control must be configured to detect application installations and prompt for elevation. | User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting requires Windows to respond to... |
| V-253473 | Medium | User Account Control must only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations. | User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting configures Windows to only allow... |
| V-253474 | Medium | User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC. | User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting enables UAC. |
| V-253414 | Medium | PowerShell script block logging must be enabled on Windows 11. | 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253476 | Medium | Passwords for enabled local Administrator accounts must be changed at least every 60 days. | The longer a password is in use, the greater the opportunity for someone to gain unauthorized knowledge of the password. A local Administrator account is not generally used and its password may... |
| V-253478 | Medium | Zone information must be preserved when saving attachments. | Preserving zone of origin (internet, intranet, local, restricted) information on file attachments allows Windows to determine risk. |
| V-253479 | Medium | The "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right may be... |
| V-253415 | Medium | PowerShell Transcription must be enabled on Windows 11. | 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253379 | Medium | Local users on domain-joined computers must not be enumerated. | The username is one part of logon credentials that could be used to gain access to a system. Preventing the enumeration of users limits this information to authorized personnel. |
| V-253378 | Medium | The network selection user interface (UI) must not be displayed on the logon screen. | Enabling interaction with the network selection UI allows users to change connections to available networks without signing into Windows. |
| V-253255 | Medium | Windows 11 domain-joined systems must have a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) enabled. | Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security to protect information that could be used in credential theft attacks if compromised. There are a number of system requirements that must be met... |
| V-253372 | Medium | Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers. | The default behavior is for Early Launch Antimalware - Boot-Start Driver Initialization policy is to enforce "Good, unknown and bad but critical" (preventing "bad"). By being launched first by the... |
| V-253371 | Medium | Virtualization-based protection of code integrity must be enabled. | Virtualization-based protection of code integrity enforces kernel mode memory protections as well as protecting Code Integrity validation paths. This isolates the processes from the rest of the... |
| V-253377 | Medium | Systems must at least attempt device authentication using certificates. | Using certificates to authenticate devices to the domain provides increased security over passwords. By default systems will attempt to authenticate using certificates and fall back to passwords... |
| V-253256 | Medium | Windows 11 systems must have Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware and be configured to run in UEFI mode, not Legacy BIOS. | UEFI provides additional security features in comparison to legacy BIOS firmware, including Secure Boot. UEFI is required to support additional security features in Windows 11, including... |
| V-253375 | Medium | Web publishing and online ordering wizards must be prevented from downloading a list of providers. | Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive... |
| V-253374 | Medium | Downloading print driver packages over HTTP must be prevented. | Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive... |
| V-253419 | Medium | The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not allow unencrypted traffic. | Unencrypted remote access to a system can allow sensitive information to be compromised. Windows remote management connections must be encrypted to prevent this. |
| V-253316 | Medium | The system must 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253405 | Medium | The Remote Desktop Session Host must require secure RPC communications. | Allowing unsecure RPC communication exposes the system to man in the middle attacks and data disclosure attacks. A man in the middle attack occurs when an intruder captures packets between a... |
| V-253404 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services must 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-253407 | Medium | Attachments must be prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds. | Attachments from RSS feeds may not be secure. This setting will prevent attachments from being downloaded from RSS feeds. |
| V-253406 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services must be 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-253401 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to require a minimum pin length of six characters or greater. | Windows allows the use of PINs as well as biometrics for authentication without sending a password to a network or website where it could be compromised. Longer minimum PIN lengths increase the... |
| V-253400 | Medium | The use of a hardware security device with Windows Hello for Business must be enabled. | The use of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to store keys for Windows Hello for Business provides additional security. Keys stored in the TPM may only be used on that system while keys stored using... |
| V-253403 | Medium | Local drives must be prevented from sharing with Remote Desktop Session Hosts. | Preventing users from sharing the local drives on their client computers to Remote Session Hosts that they access helps reduce possible exposure of sensitive data. |
| V-253402 | Medium | Passwords must not be saved in the Remote Desktop Client. | Saving passwords in the Remote Desktop Client could allow an unauthorized user to establish a remote desktop session to another system. The system must be configured to prevent users from saving... |
| V-253409 | Medium | Indexing of encrypted files must be turned off. | Indexing of encrypted files may expose sensitive data. This setting prevents encrypted files from being indexed. |
| V-253408 | Medium | Basic authentication for RSS feeds over HTTP must not be used. | Basic authentication uses plain text passwords that could be used to compromise a system. |
| V-253373 | Medium | Group Policy objects must be reprocessed even 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-253460 | Medium | Kerberos encryption types must be configured to prevent the use of DES and RC4 encryption suites. | Certain encryption types are no longer considered secure. This setting configures a minimum encryption type for Kerberos, preventing the use of the DES and RC4 encryption suites. |
| V-253466 | Medium | The system must be 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-253465 | Medium | The system must be configured to meet the minimum session security requirement for NTLM SSP based servers. | Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with RPC sessions. All of the options must be enabled to ensure the maximum security level. |
| V-253464 | Medium | The system must be configured to meet the minimum session security requirement for NTLM SSP based clients. | Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with RPC sessions. All of the options must be enabled to ensure the maximum security level. |
| V-253469 | Medium | User Account Control must prompt administrators for consent on the secure desktop. | User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting configures the elevation... |
| V-253468 | Medium | User Account Control approval mode for the built-in Administrator must be enabled. | User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting configures the built-in... |
| V-253496 | Medium | The "Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts. | 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" user right allows... |
| V-253348 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit MPSSVC Rule-Level 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253349 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit MPSSVC Rule-Level 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253346 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit other Logon/Logoff 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253347 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit Detailed File Share 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253344 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit Other Policy Change 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253345 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit other Logon/Logoff 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253342 | Medium | Windows 11 permissions for the System event log must prevent access by non-privileged accounts. | 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253343 | Medium | Windows 11 must be configured to audit Other Policy Change 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253340 | Medium | Windows 11 permissions for the Application event log must prevent access by non-privileged accounts. | 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253341 | Medium | Windows 11 permissions for the Security event log must prevent access by non-privileged accounts. | 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 detect attacks.... |
| V-253273 | Medium | Accounts must be configured to require password expiration. | Passwords that do not expire increase exposure with a greater probability of being discovered or cracked. |
| V-253497 | Medium | The "Force shutdown from a remote system" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Force shutdown from a remote system" user right can remotely shut... |
| V-253271 | Medium | Only authorized user accounts must be allowed to create or run virtual machines on Windows 11 systems. | Allowing other operating systems to run on a secure system may allow users to circumvent security. For Hyper-V, preventing unauthorized users from being assigned to the Hyper-V Administrators... |
| V-253276 | Medium | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) must not be installed on the system. | "SNMP" is not installed by default. Some protocols and services do not support required security features, such as encrypting passwords or traffic. |
| V-253277 | Medium | Simple TCP/IP Services must not be installed on the system. | "Simple TCP/IP Services" is not installed by default. Some protocols and services do not support required security features, such as encrypting passwords or traffic. |
| V-253274 | Medium | Permissions for system files and directories must conform to minimum requirements. | Changing the system's file and directory permissions allows the possibility of unauthorized and anonymous modification to the operating system and installed applications. |
| V-253278 | Medium | The Telnet Client must not be installed on the system. | The "Telnet Client" is not installed by default. Some protocols and services do not support required security features, such as encrypting passwords or traffic. |
| V-253279 | Medium | The TFTP Client must not be installed on the system. | The "TFTP Client" is not installed by default. Some protocols and services do not support required security features, such as encrypting passwords or traffic. |
| V-253457 | Medium | Remote calls to the Security Account Manager (SAM) must be restricted to Administrators. | The Windows Security Account Manager (SAM) stores users' passwords. Restricting remote rpc connections to the SAM to Administrators helps protect those credentials. |
| V-253455 | Medium | The system must be configured to prevent anonymous users from having the same rights as the Everyone group. | Access by anonymous users must be restricted. If this setting is enabled, then anonymous users have the same rights and permissions as the built-in Everyone group. Anonymous users must not have... |
| V-253450 | Medium | Unencrypted passwords must not be sent to third-party SMB Servers. | 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-253451 | Medium | The Windows SMB server must be configured to always perform SMB packet signing. | The server message block (SMB) protocol provides the basis for many network operations. Digitally signed SMB packets aid in preventing man-in-the-middle attacks. If this policy is enabled, the SMB... |
| V-253428 | Medium | The External Root CA certificates must be installed in the Trusted Root Store on unclassified systems. | To ensure secure websites protected with External Certificate Authority (ECA) server certificates are properly validated, the system must trust the ECA Root CAs. The ECA root certificates will... |
| V-253458 | Medium | NTLM must be prevented from falling back to a Null session. | NTLM sessions that are allowed to fall back to Null (unauthenticated) sessions may gain unauthorized access. |
| V-253459 | Medium | PKU2U authentication using online identities must be prevented. | PKU2U is a peer-to-peer authentication protocol. This setting prevents online identities from authenticating to domain-joined systems. Authentication will be centrally managed with Windows user accounts. |
| V-253351 | Medium | Windows 11 must cover or disable the built-in or attached camera when not in use. | It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often... |
| V-253350 | Medium | Camera access from the lock screen must be disabled. | Enabling camera access from the lock screen could allow for unauthorized use. Requiring logon will ensure the device is only used by authorized personnel. |
| V-253353 | Medium | IPv6 source routing must be configured to highest protection. | Configuring the system to disable IPv6 source routing protects against spoofing. |
| V-253352 | Medium | The display of slide shows on the lock screen must be disabled. | Slide shows that are displayed on the lock screen could display sensitive information to unauthorized personnel. Turning off this feature will limit access to the information to a logged on user. |
| V-253354 | Medium | The system must be configured to prevent IP source routing. | Configuring the system to disable IP source routing protects against spoofing. |
| V-253357 | 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... |
| V-253359 | Medium | Run as different user must be removed from context menus. | The "Run as different user" selection from context menus allows the use of credentials other than the currently logged on user. Using privileged credentials in a standard user session can expose... |
| V-253358 | Medium | WDigest Authentication must be disabled. | When the WDigest Authentication protocol is enabled, plain text passwords are stored in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) exposing them to theft. WDigest is disabled by... |
| V-253292 | Medium | Bluetooth must be turned off when not in use. | If not configured properly, Bluetooth may allow rogue devices to communicate with a system. If a rogue device is paired with a system, there is potential for sensitive information to be compromised. |
| V-253293 | Medium | The system must notify the user when a Bluetooth device attempts to connect. | If not configured properly, Bluetooth may allow rogue devices to communicate with a system. If a rogue device is paired with a system, there is potential for sensitive information to be compromised. |
| V-253297 | Medium | Windows 11 account lockout duration must be configured to 15 minutes or greater. | The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. This parameter specifies the amount of time that an account will remain locked after the specified... |
| V-253424 | Medium | Windows Ink Workspace must be configured to disallow access above the lock. | This action secures Windows Ink, which contains applications and features oriented toward pen computing. |
| V-253475 | Medium | User Account Control must virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations. | User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting configures non-UAC compliant... |
| V-253267 | Medium | Non-system-created file shares on a system must limit access to groups that require it. | Shares which provide network access, must not exist on a workstation except for system-created administrative shares, and could potentially expose sensitive information. If a share is necessary,... |
| V-253266 | Medium | Alternate operating systems must not be permitted on the same system. | Allowing other operating systems to run on a secure system may allow security to be circumvented. |
| V-253261 | Medium | Windows 11 systems must use a BitLocker PIN with a minimum length of six digits for pre-boot authentication. | If data at rest is unencrypted, it is vulnerable to disclosure. Even if the operating system enforces permissions on data access, an adversary can remove non-volatile memory and read it directly,... |
| V-253260 | Medium | Windows 11 systems must use a BitLocker PIN for pre-boot authentication. | If data at rest is unencrypted, it is vulnerable to disclosure. Even if the operating system enforces permissions on data access, an adversary can remove non-volatile memory and read it directly,... |
| V-253262 | Medium | The operating system must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception policy to allow the execution of authorized software programs. | Utilizing an allowlist provides a configuration management method for allowing the execution of only authorized software. Using only authorized software decreases risk by limiting the number of... |
| V-253504 | Medium | The "Profile single process" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Profile single process" user right can monitor non-system processes... |
| V-253505 | Medium | The "Restore files and directories" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Restore files and directories" user right can circumvent file and... |
| V-253506 | Medium | The "Take ownership of files or other objects" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Take ownership of files or other objects" user right can take... |
| V-253500 | Medium | The "Lock pages in memory" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Lock pages in memory" user right allows physical memory to be assigned to... |
| V-253501 | Medium | The "Manage auditing and security log" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Manage auditing and security log" user right can manage the... |
| V-253502 | Medium | The "Modify firmware environment values" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Modify firmware environment values" user right can change hardware... |
| V-253503 | Medium | The "Perform volume maintenance tasks" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Perform volume maintenance tasks" user right can manage volume and... |
| V-253390 | Low | Microsoft consumer experiences must be turned off. | Microsoft consumer experiences provides suggestions and notifications to users, which may include the installation of Windows Store apps. Organizations may control the execution of applications... |
| V-253441 | Low | The computer account password must not be prevented from being reset. | Computer account passwords are changed automatically on a regular basis. Disabling automatic password changes can make the system more vulnerable to malicious access. Frequent password changes can... |
| V-253442 | Low | The maximum age for machine account passwords must be configured to 30 days or less. | Computer account passwords are changed automatically on a regular basis. This setting controls the maximum password age that a machine account may have. This setting must be set to no more than 30... |
| V-253447 | Low | Caching of logon credentials must be 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-253446 | Low | The Windows message title for the legal notice 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-253384 | Low | The setting to allow Microsoft accounts to be optional for modern style apps must be enabled. | Control of credentials and the system must be maintained within the enterprise. Enabling this setting allows enterprise credentials to be used with modern style apps that support this, instead of... |
| V-253385 | Low | The Application Compatibility Program Inventory must be prevented from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft. | Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive... |
| V-253394 | Low | Windows Update must not obtain updates from other PCs on the internet. | Windows 11 allows Windows Update to obtain updates from additional sources instead of Microsoft. In addition to Microsoft, updates can be obtained from and sent to PCs on the local network as well... |
| V-253397 | Low | File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled. | Legacy plug-in applications may continue to function when a File Explorer session has become corrupt. Disabling this feature will prevent this. |
| V-253477 | Low | Toast notifications to the lock screen must be turned off. | Toast notifications that are displayed on the lock screen could display sensitive information to unauthorized personnel. Turning off this feature will limit access to the information to a logged on user. |
| V-253467 | Low | The default permissions of global system objects must be increased. | Windows systems maintain 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-253272 | Low | Standard local user accounts must not exist on a system in a domain. | To minimize potential points of attack, local user accounts, other than built-in accounts and local administrator accounts, must not exist on a workstation in a domain. Users must log onto... |
| V-253355 | Low | The system must be configured to prevent Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirects from overriding Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) generated routes. | Allowing ICMP redirect of routes can lead to traffic not being routed properly. When disabled, this forces ICMP to be routed via shortest path first. |
| V-253356 | Low | The system must be configured to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers. | Configuring the system to ignore name release requests, except from WINS servers, prevents a denial of service (DoS) attack. The DoS consists of sending a NetBIOS name release request to the... |
| V-253425 | Low | Windows 11 must be configured to prevent users from receiving suggestions for third-party or additional applications. | Windows spotlight features may suggest apps and content from third-party software publishers in addition to Microsoft apps and content. |
| V-253296 | Low | The Windows 11 time service must synchronize with an appropriate DoD time source. | 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 must... |
| V-253268 | Low | Unused accounts must be disabled or removed from the system after 35 days of inactivity. | Outdated or unused accounts provide penetration points that may go undetected. Inactive accounts must be deleted if no longer necessary or, if still required, disable until needed.
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