Unauthorized accounts must not have the Lock pages in memory user right.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
WN12-UR-000029	WN12-UR-000029	WN12-UR-000029_rule		Medium

Description
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 processes, which could cause performance issues or a DoS.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-WN12-UR-000029_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 are granted the "Lock pages in memory" user right, this is a finding. 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).

Check Text ( C-WN12-UR-000029_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 are granted the "Lock pages in memory" user right, this is a finding.

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-000029_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Lock pages in memory" to be defined but containing no entries (blank).