The Fax service must be disabled if installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
WN12-SV-000100	WN12-SV-000100	WN12-SV-000100_rule		Medium

Description
Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authentication or encryption.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-07-25

Details

Check Text ( C-WN12-SV-000100_chk )
Verify the Fax (fax) service is not installed or is disabled. Run "Services.msc". If the following is installed and not disabled, this is a finding: Fax (fax)

Fix Text (F-WN12-SV-000100_fix)
Remove or disable the Fax (fax) service.