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Unauthorized accounts must not have the Back up files and directories user right.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
WN12-UR-000007 WN12-UR-000007 WN12-UR-000007_rule Medium
Description
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 directory permissions and could allow access to sensitive data.
STIG Date
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-07-25

Details

Check Text ( C-WN12-UR-000007_chk )
Verify the effective setting in Local Group Policy Editor.
Run "gpedit.msc".

Navigate to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment.

If any accounts or groups other than the following are granted the "Back up files and directories" user right, this is a finding:

Administrators

Severity Override: If an application requires this user right, this can be downgraded to not a finding if the following conditions are met:
Vendor documentation must support the requirement for having the user right.
The requirement must be documented with the IAO.
The application account must meet requirements for application account passwords, such as length (V-36661) and required changes frequency (V-36662).
Fix Text (F-WN12-UR-000007_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Back up files and directories" to only include the following accounts or groups:

Administrators