The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-70639	WN10-00-000160	SV-85261r1_rule		Medium

Description
SMBv1 is a legacy protocol that uses the MD5 algorithm as part of SMB. MD5 is known to be vulnerable to a number of attacks such as collision and preimage attacks as well as not being FIPS compliant.

STIG	Date
Windows 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-02-21

Details

Check Text ( C-71025r1_chk )
Run "Windows PowerShell" with elevated privileges (run as administrator). Enter the following: Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online \| Where FeatureName -eq SMB1Protocol If "State : Enabled" is returned, this is a finding. Alternately: Search for "Features". Select "Turn Windows features on or off". If "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support" is selected, this is a finding Disabling SMBv1 support may prevent access to file or print sharing resources with systems or devices that only support SMBv1. File shares and print services hosted on Windows Server 2003 are an example, however Windows Server 2003 is no longer a supported operating system. Some older Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices may only support SMBv1.

Check Text ( C-71025r1_chk )

Run "Windows PowerShell" with elevated privileges (run as administrator).
Enter the following:
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online | Where FeatureName -eq SMB1Protocol
If "State : Enabled" is returned, this is a finding.

Alternately:
Search for "Features".
Select "Turn Windows features on or off".
If "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support" is selected, this is a finding

Disabling SMBv1 support may prevent access to file or print sharing resources with systems or devices that only support SMBv1. File shares and print services hosted on Windows Server 2003 are an example, however Windows Server 2003 is no longer a supported operating system. Some older Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices may only support SMBv1.

Fix Text (F-76871r1_fix)
Disable the SMBv1 protocol. Run "Windows PowerShell" with elevated privileges (run as administrator). Enter the following: Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName SMB1Protocol Alternately: Search for "Features". Select "Turn Windows features on or off". De-select "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support".