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Auditing the Access of Global System Objects must be turned off.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-226275 WN12-SO-000007 SV-226275r794551_rule Medium
Description
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. Audit logs are necessary to provide a trail of evidence in case the system or network is compromised. Collecting this data is essential for analyzing the security of information assets and detecting signs of suspicious and unexpected behavior. This setting prevents 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 log in Windows and making it difficult to identify actual issues.
STIG Date
Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Domain Controller Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-03-01

Details

Check Text ( C-27977r476669_chk )
If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\

Value Name: AuditBaseObjects

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0
Fix Text (F-27965r476670_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> "Audit: Audit the access of global system objects" to "Disabled".