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Unnecessary services are not disabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-3487 5.068 SV-3487r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some services may be run under the local System account, which generally has more permissions than required by the service. Compromising a service could allow an intruder to obtain system permissions and open the system to a variety of attacks.
STIG Date
Windows 2003 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2014-01-07

Details

Check Text ( C-38509r1_chk )
Select “Start”.
Right-click the “My Computer” icon on the Start menu or the desktop.
Select “Manage” from the drop-down menu.
Expand the “Services and Applications” object in the Tree window.
Select the “Services” object.

If services listed below are found, that are not disabled, and the site does not have documented exceptions for these, then this is a finding.

Documentable Explanation: Required services should be documented with the IAO.

Alerter
Application Layer Gateway Service
Application Management
ASP .NET State Service
Certificate Services
Client Service for NetWare
ClipBook
Cluster Service
COM+ System Application
DHCP Server
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Distributed Link Tracking Server
Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Error Reporting Service
Fax Service
File Server for Macintosh
FTP Publishing Service
Help and Support
HTTP SSL
Human Interface Device Access
IAS Jet Database Access
IIS Admin Service
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
Indexing Service
Infrared Monitor
Internet Authentication Service
IP Version 6 Helper Service
License Logging Service
Message Queuing
Message Queuing Down Level Clients
Message Queuing Triggers
Messenger
Microsoft POP3 Service
MSSQL$UDDI
MSSQLServerADHelper
.NET Framework Support Service
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSDM
Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP)
Portable Media Serial Number
Print Server for Macintosh
Print Spooler
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
Remote Access Connection Manager
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Installation
Remote Server Manager
Remote Server Monitor
Remote Storage Notification
Remote Storage Server
Resultant Set of Policy Provider
Routing and Remote Access
SAP Agent
Secondary Logon
Shell Hardware Detection
Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP)
Simple TCP/IP Services
Single Instance Storage Groveler
SNMP Service
SNMP Trap Service
Special Administration Console Helper
Task Scheduler - See separate vulnerability WINSV-000106/V-30037
TCP/IP Print Server
Telephony
Telnet
Terminal Services
Terminal Services Licensing
Terminal Services Session Directory
Themes
Trivial FTP Daemon
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Upload Manager
Virtual Disk Service
WebClient
Web Element Manager
Windows Audio
Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
Windows Media Services
Windows System Resource Manager
WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service
Wireless Configuration
World Wide Web Publishing Service
Fix Text (F-6001r1_fix)
Configure the system to disable any services that are not required.