Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Modify firmware environment values" user right.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26498	WINUR-000034	SV-33488r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities. Accounts with the "Modify firmware environment values" right can change hardware configuration environment variables. This could result in hardware failures or a DoS.

STIG	Date
Win2k8 R2 Audit	2013-06-10

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-29669r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Modify firmware environment values" as defined in the Check section.