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Access control permissions on the GPT directory files must comply with the required guidance.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-27119 DS00.0122_2003 SV-34425r2_rule ECCD-2 ECAN-1 ECCD-1 High
Description
Improper access permissions for directory data files could allow unauthorized users to read, modify, or delete directory data. For AD this data includes identification, authentication, and authorization data. A compromise of this data could have grave consequences to a large number of hosts throughout the AD forest that utilize the directory server data to make access control decisions.
STIG Date
Windows 2003 Domain Controller Security Technical Implementation Guide 2015-06-03

Details

Check Text ( C-32093r1_chk )
1. At a command line prompt enter “net share”.

2. Note the location for the SYSVOL share.

3. Checking the noted location in Windows Explorer, compare the ACLs of the GPT *directories* (GPT parent and GPT Policies directories) to the specifications below.

4. If the permissions are not at least as restrictive as those below, then this is a finding.

GPT Parent (SYSVOL) and GPT Policies Directories Permissions:
...\SYSVOL
:Administrators, SYSTEM : Full Control (F)
:Authenticated Users, Server Operators: Read, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents
:CREATOR OWNER : Full Control (F) -
- Subfolders and files only

...\SYSVOL\[domain]\Policies
: Administrators, SYSTEM :Full Control (F)
:Authenticated Users, Server Operators: Read, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents
:CREATOR OWNER : Full Control (F) -
- Subfolders and files only
:Group Policy Creator Owners: : Read, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Modify, Write
Fix Text (F-34003r1_fix)
Set the permissions as follows:

GPT Parent (SYSVOL) and GPT Policies Directories Permissions:
...\SYSVOL
:Administrators, SYSTEM : Full Control (F)
:Authenticated Users, Server Operators: Read, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents
:CREATOR OWNER : Full Control (F) -
- Subfolders and files only

...\SYSVOL\[domain]\Policies
: Administrators, SYSTEM :Full Control (F)
:Authenticated Users, Server Operators: Read, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents
:CREATOR OWNER : Full Control (F) -
- Subfolders and files only
:Group Policy Creator Owners: : Read, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Modify, Write