| V-1074 | High | An approved DOD virus scan program is not used and/or updated. | This is a Category 1 finding because Virus scan programs are a primary line of defense against the introduction of viruses and malicious code that can destroy data and even render a computer... |
| V-1073 | High | Systems must be at supported service packs (SP) or releases levels. | Systems at unsupported service packs or releases will not receive security updates for new vulnerabilities and leaves them subject to exploitation. Systems must be maintained at a service pack... |
| V-26070 | High | Standard user accounts will only have Read permissions to the Winlogon registry key. | Permissions on the Winlogon registry key should only allow privileged accounts to change registry values. If standard users have this capability there is a potential for programs to run with... |
| V-2908 | High | Unencrypted remote access is permitted to system services. | This is a category 1 finding because when unencrypted access to system services is permitted, an intruder can intercept user identification and passwords that are being transmitted in clear text. ... |
| V-1081 | High | Local volumes are not formatted using NTFS. | This is a category 1 finding because the ability to set access permissions and audit critical directories and files is only available by using the NTFS file system. The capability to assign... |
| V-6834 | High | Named Pipes and Shares can be accessed anonymously. | This is a Category 1 finding because of the potential for gaining unauthorized system access.
Pipes are internal system communications processes. They are identified internally by ID numbers... |
| V-1159 | High | The Recovery Console option is set to permit automatic logon to the system. | This is a Category 1 finding because if this option is set, the Recovery Console does not require you to provide a password and will automatically log on to the system, giving Administrator access... |
| V-1152 | High | Anonymous access to the Registry is not restricted. | This is a Category I finding, because this vulnerability allows an anonymous individual read-access and write-access to some parts of the Registry.
The permissions set for the Winreg subkey... |
| V-1153 | High | The Send download LanMan compatible password option is not set to Send NTLMv2 response only\refuse LM. | The Kerberos v5 authentication protocol is the default for authentication of users who are logging on to domain accounts. NTLM is retained in later Windows versions for compatibility with... |
| V-1155 | High | User Right to Deny Access to this computer from the network is not configured to include Guests. (Anonymous Logon and Support_388945a0 in applicable Windows versions). | This is a Category 1 finding because allowing network logins by the built-in guest accounts, which are a member of the Everyone group and Guests group, with all the rights and permissions... |
| V-32282 | High | Standard user accounts must only have Read permissions to the Active Setup\Installed Components registry key. | Permissions on the Active Setup\Installed Components registry key must only allow privileged accounts to add or change registry values. If standard user accounts have this capability there is a... |
| V-1093 | High | Anonymous shares are not restricted. | This is a Category 1 finding because it allows anonymous logon users (null session connections) to list all account names and enumerate all shared resources, thus providing a map of potential... |
| V-1145 | High | Administrator automatic logon is enabled. | This is a category 1 finding because it will directly log on to the system with administrator privileges when the machine is rebooted. This would give full access to any unauthorized individual... |
| V-1121 | High | Installed FTP server is configured to allow access to the system drive. | This is a Category 1 finding because the FTP service allows remote users to access shared files and directories which could provide access to system resources and compromise the system, especially... |
| V-3339 | High | Unauthorized registry paths are remotely accessible. | This is a Category 1 finding because it could give unauthorized individuals access to the Registry.
It controls which registry paths are accessible from a remote computer. |
| V-7002 | High | DoD information system access will require the use of a password. | The lack of password protection enables anyone to gain access to the information system, which opens a backdoor opportunity for intruders to compromise the system as well as other resources within... |
| V-18010 | High | Unapproved Users have access to Debug programs. | This is a Category 1 finding as it provides access to the kernel with complete access to sensitive and critical operating system components. |
| V-2374 | High | The system is configured to autoplay removable media. | Autoplay begins reading from a drive as soon as you insert media in the drive. As a result, the setup file of programs and the music on audio media starts immediately. By default, Autoplay is... |
| V-3343 | High | Solicited Remote Assistance is allowed. | This setting controls whether or not solicited remote assistance is allowed from this computer. Solicited assistance is help that is specifically requested by the user. This is a Category 1... |
| V-3340 | High | Unauthorized shares can be accessed anonymously. | This is a Category 1 finding because the potential for gaining unauthorized system access. Any shares listed can be accessed by any network user. This could lead to the exposure or corruption of... |
| V-3344 | High | The use of local accounts with blank passwords is not restricted to console logons only. | This is a Category 1 finding because no accounts with blank passwords should exist on a system. The password policy should prevent this from occurring. However, if a local account with a blank... |
| V-4443 | High | Unauthorized registry paths and sub-paths are remotely accessible. | The registry is a database for computer configuration information, much of which is sensitive. An attacker could use this to facilitate unauthorized activities. To reduce the risk of this... |
| V-3338 | High | Unauthorized named pipes are accessible with anonymous credentials. | This is a Category 1 finding because the potential for gaining unauthorized system access. Pipes are internal system communications processes. They are identified internally by ID numbers that... |
| V-3337 | High | Anonymous SID/Name translation is allowed. | This is a Category 1 finding because this setting controls the ability of users or process that have authenticated as anonymous users to perform SID/Name translation. This setting should be... |
| V-1102 | High | Unauthorized users are granted right to Act as part of the operating system. | This is a Category 1 finding because users and user groups that are assigned this right can bypass all security protective mechanisms that apply to all users, including administrators. Accounts... |
| V-17900 | High | Disallow AutoPlay/Autorun from Autorun.inf | This registry key will prevent the autorun.inf from executing commands. |
| V-3379 | High | The system is configured to store the LAN Manager hash of the password in the SAM. | This setting controls whether or not a LAN Manager hash of the password is stored in the SAM the next time the password is changed. The LAN Manager hash is a weak encryption algorithm and there... |
| V-1077 | Medium | ACLs for event logs will conform to minimum requirements. | Event logs are susceptible to unauthorized, and possibly anonymous, tampering if proper ACLs are not applied. |
| V-1072 | Medium | Shared user accounts are permitted on the system. | Shared accounts do not provide individual accountability for system access and resource usage. |
| V-1070 | Medium | Physical security of the Automated Information System (AIS) does not meet DISA requirements. | Inadequate physical protection can undermine all other security precautions utilized to protect the system. This can jeopardize the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of the system. ... |
| V-15505 | Medium | The HBSS McAfee Agent is not installed. | |
| V-3385 | Medium | The system is configured to allow case insensitivity. | This setting controls the behavior of non-Windows subsystems when dealing with the case of arguments or commands. Case sensitivity could lead to the access of files or commands that should be... |
| V-3383 | Medium | The system is not configured to use FIPS compliant Algorithms for Encryption, Hashing, and Signing. | This setting ensures that the system uses algorithms that are FIPS compliant for encryption, hashing, and signing. FIPS compliant algorithms meet specific standards established by the U.S.... |
| V-3381 | Medium | The system is not configured to recommended LDAP client signing requirements. | This setting controls the signing requirements for LDAP clients. This setting should be set to Negotiate signing or Require signing depending on the environment and type of LDAP server in use. |
| V-1171 | Medium | Ejection of removable NTFS media is not restricted to Administrators. | Removable hard drives can be formatted and ejected by others who are not members of the Administrators Group, if they are not properly configured. Formatting and ejecting removable NTFS media... |
| V-3469 | Medium | The system is configured to prevent background refresh of Group Policy. | If this setting is enabled, then Group Policy settings are not refreshed while a user is currently logged on. This could lead to instances when a user does not have the latest changes to a policy... |
| V-3376 | Medium | The system is configured to permit storage of credentials or .NET Passports. | This setting controls the storage of authentication credentials or .NET passports on the local system. Such credentials should never be stored on the local machine as that may lead to account compromise. |
| V-15727 | Medium | User Network Sharing | This check verifies that users are prevented from sharing files. |
| V-15721 | Medium | Windows Mail – Disable Application | This check verifies that Windows Mail will be disabled. |
| V-15823 | Medium | Remove Software Certificate Installation Files | This check verifies that software certificate installation files have been removed from a system. |
| V-15722 | Medium | Media DRM – Internet Access | This check verifies that Windows Media Digital Rights Management will be prevented from accessing the internet. |
| V-16000 | Medium | Terminal Services – Smart Card Device Redirection Enabled (Terminal Server Role). | This check verifies that the system is configured to ensure smart card devices can be redirected to the Terminal Services session. |
| V-16006 | Medium | Windows Server 2008 unnecessary Features are installed. | Windows Server 2008 includes additional features available for installation through Server Manager. The majority of these are unnecessary for the server roles and may also increase the attack... |
| V-16008 | Medium | UAC - Application Elevations | This check verifies that Windows elevates all applications, not just signed ones. |
| V-3666 | Medium | The system is not configured to meet the minimum requirement for session security for NTLM SSP based Servers. | Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with RPC sessions. In a homogenous Windows environment, all of the options should be enabled and testing should be... |
| V-1168 | Medium | Members of the Backup Operators group do not have separate accounts for backup duties and normal operational tasks. | Backup Operators are able to read and write to any file in the system, regardless of the rights assigned to it. Backup and restore rights permit users to cirvumvent the file access restrictions... |
| V-1164 | Medium | Outgoing secure channel traffic is not signed when possible. | Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated, and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but the channel is not integrity checked. If this policy is enabled, all... |
| V-1166 | Medium | The Windows SMB client is not enabled to perform SMB packet signing when possible. | If this policy is enabled, it causes the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) client to perform SMB packet signing when communicating with an SMB server that is enabled or required to perform SMB... |
| V-3378 | Medium | The system is not configured to use the Classic security model. | Windows includes two network-sharing security models - Classic and Guest only. With the classic model, local accounts must be password protected; otherwise, anyone can use guest user accounts to... |
| V-1163 | Medium | Outgoing secure channel traffic is not encrypted when possible. | Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated, and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but not all information is encrypted. If this policy is enabled, outgoing secure... |
| V-1162 | Medium | The Windows SMB server is not enabled to perform SMB packet signing when possible. | If this policy is enabled, it causes the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) server to perform SMB packet signing. |
| V-3471 | Medium | The system is configured to automatically forward error information. | This setting controls the reporting of errors to Microsoft and, if defined, a corporate error reporting site. This does not interfere with the reporting of errors to the local user. Since the... |
| V-3470 | Medium | The system is configured to allow unsolicited remote assistance offers. | This setting controls whether unsolicited offers of help to this computer are allowed. The list of users allowed to offer remote assistance to this system is accessed by pressing the Helpers button. |
| V-1088 | Medium | Registry key auditing configuration does not meet minimum requirements. | Improper modification of the Registry can render a system useless. Modifications to the Registry can have a significant impact on the security configuration of the system. Auditing of... |
| V-1089 | Medium | The required legal notice must be configured to display before console logon. | Failure to display the logon banner prior to a logon attempt will negate legal proceedings resulting from unauthorized access to system resources. |
| V-3479 | Medium | The system is not configured to use Safe DLL Search Mode. | The default search behavior, when an application calls a function in a Dynamic Link Library (DLL), is to search the current directory followed by the directories contained in the systems path... |
| V-1080 | Medium | File-auditing configuration does not meet minimum requirements. | Improper modification of the core system files can render a system inoperable. Further, modifications to these system files can have a significant impact on the security configuration of the... |
| V-6850 | Medium | Auditing records are configured as required. | Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, analyze compromises that have occurred as well as detect an attack that... |
| V-15697 | Medium | Network – Responder Driver | This check verifies that the Responder network protocol driver is disabled. |
| V-15696 | Medium | Network – Mapper I/O Driver | This check verifies that the Mapper I/O network protocol driver is disabled. |
| V-6836 | Medium | For systems utilizing a logon ID as the individual identifier, passwords are not at a minimum of 14-characters. | Information systems not protected with strong password schemes including passwords of minimum length provide the opportunity for anyone to crack the password thus gaining access to the system and... |
| V-6832 | Medium | The Windows Server SMB client is not enabled to always perform SMB packet signing. | If this policy is enabled, it causes the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) client to perform SMB packet signing when communicating with an SMB server that is enabled or required to perform SMB... |
| V-6833 | Medium | The Windows Server SMB server is not enabled to always perform SMB packet signing. | If this policy is enabled, it causes the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) server to always perform SMB packet signing. |
| V-6831 | Medium | Outgoing secure channel traffic is not encrypted or signed. | Requests sent on the secure channel are authenticated, and sensitive information (such as passwords) is encrypted, but not all information is encrypted. If this policy is enabled, outgoing secure... |
| V-14262 | Medium | IPv6 will be disabled until a deliberate transition strategy has been implemented. Use of IPv6 transition technologies will be disabled. | Any nodes’ interface with IPv6 enabled by default presents a potential risk of traffic being transmitted or received without proper risk mitigation strategy and therefore a serious security concern. |
| V-14261 | Medium | Windows is prevented from using Windows Update to search for drivers. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Windows from searching Windows Update for device drivers when no local drivers for a device are present. |
| V-14260 | Medium | Computer prevented from downloading print driver packages over HTTP. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent the computer from downloading print driver packages over HTTP. |
| V-1154 | Medium | Ctrl+Alt+Del security attention sequence is Disabled. | Disabling the Ctrl+Alt+Del security attention sequence can compromise system security. Because only Windows responds to the Ctrl+Alt+Del security sequence, you can be assured that any passwords... |
| V-14269 | Medium | Hide mechanism for removing Zone information from file attachments. | This check verifies that users cannot manually remove zone information from saved file attachments. |
| V-3289 | Medium | A Server does not have a host-based Intrusion Detection System. | A properly configured Host-based Intrusion Detection System provides another level of defense against unauthorized access to critical servers. With proper configuration and logging enabled, such... |
| V-1099 | Medium | Lockout duration does not meet minimum requirements. | This parameter specifies the amount of time that must pass before a locked-out account is automatically unlocked by the system. |
| V-1098 | Medium | Time before bad-logon counter is reset does not meet minimum requirements. | This parameter specifies the amount of time that must pass between two successive login attempts to ensure that a lockout will occur. The smaller this value is, the less effective the account... |
| V-2372 | Medium | Reversible password encryption is not disabled. | Storing passwords using reversible encryption is essentially the same as storing clear-text versions of the passwords. For this reason, this policy should never be enabled. |
| V-3449 | Medium | Terminal Services is not configured to limit users to one remote session (Terminal Server Role) | This setting limits users to one remote session. It is possible, if this setting is disabled, for users to establish multiple sessions. |
| V-1140 | Medium | Users with Administrative privilege are not documented or do not have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks. | Using a privileged account to perform routine functions makes the computer vulnerable to attack by any virus or Trojan Horse inadvertently introduced during a session that has been granted full... |
| V-1097 | Medium | Number of allowed bad-logon attempts does not meet minimum requirements. | The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. The higher this value is, the less effective the account lockout feature will be in protecting the... |
| V-3382 | Medium | The system is not configured to meet the minimum requirement for session security for NTLM SSP based Clients. | Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with RPC sessions. In a homogenous Windows environment, all of the options should be enabled and testing should be... |
| V-3372 | Medium | The system can be removed from the docking station without logging on first. | This setting controls the ability to undock the system without having to log on. Since the removal of a computer should be controlled, users should have to log on before undocking the computer to... |
| V-15991 | Medium | UAC - Allow UIAccess applications to prompt for elevation without using the secure desktop | This check verifies whether User Interface Accessibility programs can automatically disable the secure desktop for elevation prompts for a standard user. |
| V-15996 | Medium | Terminal Services – Clipboard Redirection (Terminal Server Role). | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from sharing clipboard content on their client computers with Terminal Servers that they access. |
| V-15997 | Medium | Terminal Services – Prevent COM Port Redirection (Terminal Server Role). | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from mapping local COM ports and redirecting data from the Terminal Server to local COM ports. |
| V-3374 | Medium | The system is not configured to require a strong session key. | This setting controls the required strength of a session key. |
| V-15998 | Medium | Terminal Services – Prevent LPT Port Redirection (Terminal Server Role). | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from mapping local LPT ports and redirecting data from the Terminal Server to local LPT ports. |
| V-15999 | Medium | Terminal Services – Prevent Plug and Play Device Redirection (Terminal Server Role). | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from redirecting Plug and Play devices to the Terminal Services session. |
| V-4444 | Medium | Users are not required to enter a password to access private keys. | Configuring this setting so that users must provide a password (distinct from their domain password) every time they use a key makes it more difficult for an attacker to access locally stored user... |
| V-15682 | Medium | RSS Attachment Downloads | This check verifies that attachments are prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds. |
| V-15683 | Medium | Windows Explorer – Shell Protocol Protected Mode | This check verifies that the shell protocol is run in protected mode. (This allows applications to only open limited folders.) |
| V-1141 | Medium | Unencrypted password is sent to 3rd party SMB Server. | Some non-Microsoft SMB servers only support unencrypted (plain text) password authentication. Sending plain text passwords across the network, when authenticating to an SMB server, reduces the... |
| V-15685 | Medium | Windows Installer – User Control | This check verifies that users are prevented from changing installation options. |
| V-14270 | Medium | Notify antivirus when file attachments are opened. | This check verifies that antivirus programs are notified when a user opens a file attachment. |
| V-14271 | Medium | Application account passwords length and change requirement | Setting application accounts to expire may cause applications to stop functioning. The site will have a policy that application account passwords manually generated and entered by a system... |
| V-3458 | Medium | Terminal Services idle session time limit does not meet the requirement (Terminal Server Role). | This setting controls how long a session may be idle before it is automatically disconnected from the server. Users should disconnect if they plan on being away from their terminals for extended... |
| V-3457 | Medium | Terminal Services is not configured to set a time limit for disconnected sessions (Terminal Server Role). | This setting controls how long a session will remain open if it is unexpectedly terminated. Such sessions should be terminated as soon as possible. |
| V-3456 | Medium | Terminal Services is not configured to delete temporary folders (Terminal Server Role). | This setting, which is located under the Temporary Folders section of the Terminal Services configuration option, controls the deletion of the temporary folders when the session is terminated. ... |
| V-3455 | Medium | Terminal Services is configured to use a common temporary folder for all sessions (Terminal Server Role). | This setting, which is located under the Temporary Folders section of the Terminal Services configuration option, controls the use of per session temporary folders or of a communal temporary... |
| V-3454 | Medium | Terminal Services is not configured with the client connection encryption set to the required level. | Remote connections must be encrypted to prevent interception of data or sensitive information. Selecting “High Level” will ensure encryption of Terminal Services sessions in both directions. |
| V-15666 | Medium | Windows Peer to Peer Networking | This check verifies Microsoft Peer-to-Peer Networking Service is turned off. |
| V-1130 | Medium | ACLs for system files and directories do not conform to minimum requirements. | Failure to properly configure file and directory permissions (ACLs) allows the possibility of unauthorized and anonymous modification to the operating system and installed applications. |
| V-1131 | Medium | A password filter that enforces DoD requirements is not installed. | Password complexity software (e.g., Password Policy Enforcer) enforces a minimum mix of character types and potentially other options to create strong passwords. The following policy will be... |
| V-2907 | Medium | System files are not checked for unauthorized changes. | Comparing system files against a baseline on a regular basis will detect the possibility of introduction of malicious code on the system. |
| V-15679 | Medium | Windows Movie Maker Online Hosting | This check verifies that movies can not be sent to a video hosting provider on the web. |
| V-15678 | Medium | Windows Movie Maker Web Links | This check verifies that the links to web sites in Windows Movie Maker will not be available. |
| V-15677 | Medium | Windows Movie Maker Codec Downloads | This check verifies that the codecs will not be automatically downloaded for Windows Movie Maker. |
| V-15674 | Medium | Disable Internet File Association Service | This check verifies that unhandled file associations will not use the Microsoft Web service to find an application. |
| V-14241 | Medium | User Account Control - Switch to secure desktop | This check verifies that the elevation prompt is only used in secure desktop mode. |
| V-14240 | Medium | User Account Control - Run all admins in Admin Approval Mode | This check verifies that UAC has not been disabled. |
| V-14243 | Medium | Require username and password to elevate a running application. | This check verifies that the system is configured to always require users to type in a user name and password to elevate a running application. |
| V-14242 | Medium | User Account Control - Non UAC Compliant Application Virtualization | This check verifies that non UAC compliant applications will run in virtualized file and registry entries allowing them to run. |
| V-14247 | Medium | Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Service - Prevent password saving in the Remote Desktop Client | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Users from saving passwords in the Remote Desktop Client. |
| V-14249 | Medium | Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Services - Local drives prevented from sharing with Terminal Servers (Terminal Server Role). | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from sharing the local drives on their client computers to Terminal Servers that they access. |
| V-1119 | Medium | Booting into alternate operating systems is permitted. | Allowing other operating systems to run on a secure system, can allow users to circumvent security. If more than one operating system is installed on a computer, each must be configured to be... |
| V-3377 | Medium | The system is configured to give anonymous users Everyone rights. | This setting helps define the permissions that anonymous users have. If this setting is enabled then anonymous users have the same rights and permissions as the built-in Everyone group. ... |
| V-6840 | Medium | To the extent system capabilities permit, system mechanisms will be implemented to enforce automatic expiration of passwords and to prevent reuse. | Passwords that do not expire or are reused increase the exposure of a password with greater probability of being discovered or cracked. |
| V-1115 | Medium | The built-in administrator account has not been renamed. | The built-in administrator account is a well known account. Renaming the account to an unidentified name improves the protection of this account and the system. |
| V-1120 | Medium | Installed FTP server is configured to allow prohibited logins. | The FTP (File Transfer Protocol) service allows remote users to access shared files and directories. Allowing anonymous FTP makes user auditing difficult.
Using accounts that have administrator... |
| V-1122 | Medium | The system configuration is not set with a password-protected screen saver. | The system should be locked when unattended. Unattended systems are susceptible to unauthorized use. The screen saver should be set at a maximum of 15 minutes and password protected. This... |
| V-1127 | Medium | A non-administrator account has administrator rights on the system. | An account who does not have administrator duties should not have Administrator rights. Such rights would allow the account to bypass or modify required security restrictions on that machine and... |
| V-15667 | Medium | Prohibit Network Bridge in Windows | This check verifies the Network Bridge can not be installed and configured. |
| V-15698 | Medium | Network – Windows Connect Now Wireless Configuration | This check verifies that the configuration of wireless devices using Windows Connect Now is disabled. |
| V-1114 | Medium | The built-in guest account has not been renamed. | A system faces an increased vulnerability threat if the built-in guest account is not renamed or disabled. The built-in guest account is a known user account on all Windows systems, and as... |
| V-3491 | Medium | There is no local policy for reviewing audit logs. | To be of value, audit logs from servers and other critical systems will be reviewed on a daily basis to identify security breaches and potential weaknesses in the security structure. This can be... |
| V-14258 | Medium | Search Companion prevented from automatically downloading content updates. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Search Companion from automatically downloading content updates during local and Internet searches. |
| V-14259 | Medium | Prevent printing over HTTP. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent the client computer’s ability to print over HTTP, which allows the computer to print to printers on the intranet as well as the Internet. |
| V-14256 | Medium | Web Publishing and online ordering wizards prevented from downloading list of providers. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Windows from downloading a list of providers for the Web publishing and online ordering wizards. |
| V-14257 | Medium | Windows Messenger prevented from collecting anonymous information. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent Windows Messenger from collecting anonymous information about how the Windows Messenger software and service is used. |
| V-14254 | Medium | Client computers required to authenticate for RPC communication. | This check verifies that the system is configured to force client computers to provide authentication before an RPC communication is established. |
| V-14255 | Medium | File and Folder Publish to Web option unavailable. | This check verifies that the system is configured to make the options to publish to the web unavailable from File and Folder Tasks in Windows folders. |
| V-14253 | Medium | Restrict unauthenticated RPC clients. | This check verifies that the system is configured to restrict unauthenticated RPC clients from connecting to the RPC server. |
| V-15684 | Medium | Windows Installer – IE Security Prompt | This check verifies that users are notified if a web-based program attempts to install software. |
| V-3828 | Medium | Security-related Software Patches are not applied. | Major software vendors release security patches and hot fixes to their products when security vulnerabilities are discovered. It is essential that these updates be applied in a timely manner to... |
| V-32274 | Medium | The DoD Interoperability Root CA to DoD Root CA 2 cross certificate must be installed. | To ensure that users do not experience denial of service when performing certificate-based authentication to DoD websites due to the system chaining to a root other than DoD Root CA 2, the DoD... |
| V-32272 | Medium | The DoD Root Certificate must be installed. | To ensure secure DoD websites and DoD signed code are properly validated, the system must trust the DoD Root CA 2. The DOD root certificate will ensure that the trust chain is established for... |
| V-32273 | Medium | The External CA Root Certificate must be installed. | To ensure secure websites protected with ECA server certificates are properly validated, the system must trust the ECA Root CA 2. The ECA root certificate will ensure that the trust chain is... |
| V-3349 | Medium | Windows Messenger (MSN Messenger, .NET messenger) is run at system startup. | This setting prevents the automatic launch of Windows Messenger at user logon.
Instant Messaging clients must be in compliance of with the Instant Messaging STIG. Windows Messenger should not... |
| V-3348 | Medium | The user is allowed to launch Windows Messenger (MSN Messenger, .NET Messenger). | This setting prevents the Windows Messenger client from being run.
Instant Messaging clients must be in compliance of with the Instant Messaging STIG. Windows Messenger should not be active on... |
| V-1157 | Medium | The Smart Card removal option is set to take no action. | Determines what should happen when the smart card for a logged-on user is removed from the smart card reader.
The options are:
- No Action
- Lock Workstation
- Force Logoff |
| V-3480 | Medium | Media Player is configured to allow automatic checking for updates. | The automatic check for updates perform by the Windows Media Player must be disabled to ensure a constant platform and to prevent the introduction of unknown/untested software on the network. |
| V-1118 | Medium | Event log sizes do not meet minimum requirements. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly and require frequent clearing by administrative personnel. |
| V-4448 | Medium | Group Policy objects are not reprocessed if they have not changed. | Enabling this setting and then selecting the "Process even if the Group Policy objects have not changed" option ensures that the policies will be reprocessed even if none have been changed. This... |
| V-3481 | Medium | Media Player is configured to allow automatic CODEC downloads. | The Windows Media Player uses software components, referred to as CODECs, to play back media files. By default, when an unknown file type is opened with the Media Player it will search the... |
| V-4447 | Medium | The Terminal Server does not require secure RPC communication (Terminal Server Role). | Allowing unsecure RPC communication exposes the server to man in the middle attacks and data disclosure attacks. A man in the middle attack occurs when an intruder captures packets between a... |
| V-4446 | Medium | Software certificate restriction policies are not enforced. | Software restriction policies help to protect users and computers from executing unauthorized code such as viruses and Trojans horses.
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| V-14229 | Medium | Audit of Backup and Restore Privileges is not turned off. | This policy setting stops the system from generating audit events for every file backed up or restored which could fill the Security log in Windows. |
| V-14228 | Medium | Audit Access to Global System Objects is not turned off. | This policy setting stops the system from setting up a default system access control list for certain system objects which could create a very large number of security events filling the Security... |
| V-1137 | Medium | An Auditors group has not been created to restrict access to the Windows Event Logs. | The Security Event Log contains information on security exceptions that occur on the system. This data is critical for identifying security vulnerabilities and intrusions. The Application and... |
| V-14226 | Medium | Audit logs are archived to prevent loss. | This check verifies that Audit logs are archived to ensure data is not being lost. Audit logs are retained for at least one year, systems containing source and methods intelligence (SAMI) will be... |
| V-14225 | Medium | Administrator Passwords are changed when necessary. | This check verifies that the passwords for the default and backup administrator accounts are changed at least annually or when any member of the administrative team leaves the organization.
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| V-14224 | Medium | The system does not have a backup administrator account | This check verifies that a backup administrator account has been created to ensure system availability in the event that no administrators are able or available to access the system. The built-in... |
| V-3487 | Medium | Unnecessary services are not disabled. | 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. ... |
| V-15706 | Medium | Power Mgmt – Password Wake When Plugged In (Only applicable to 2008 if installed on a laptop.) | This check verifies that the user is prompted for a password on resume from sleep (Plugged In). |
| V-15705 | Medium | Power Mgmt – Password Wake on Battery (Only applicable to 2008 if installed on a laptop.) | This check verifies that the user is prompted for a password on resume from sleep (on battery). |
| V-14268 | Medium | Preserve Zone information when saving attachments. | This check verifies that file attachments are marked with their zone of origin allowing Windows to determine risk. |
| V-16048 | Medium | Disable Help Ratings feed back. | This check verifies that the users cannot provide ratings feedback to Microsoft for Help content |
| V-16021 | Medium | Help Experience Improvement Program is disabled. | This check verifies that the Windows Help Experience Improvement Program is disabled to prevent information from being passed to the vendor. |
| V-16020 | Medium | Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled. | This check verifies that the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled so information is not passed to the vendor. |
| V-1103 | Medium | User rights and advanced user rights settings do not meet minimum requirements. | Inappropriate granting of user and advanced user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities not required by the normal user. |
| V-3245 | Medium | File share ACLs have not been reconfigured to remove the Everyone group. | By default, the Everyone group is given full control to new file shares. When a share is created, permissions should be reconfigured to give the minimum access to those accounts that require it. |
| V-1107 | Medium | Password uniqueness does not meet minimum requirements. | A system is more vulnerable to unauthorized access when system users recycle the same password several times without being required to change a password to a unique password on a regularly... |
| V-1105 | Medium | Minimum password age does not meet minimum requirements. | Permitting passwords to be changed in immediate succession within the same day, allows users to cycle passwords through their history database. This enables users to effectively negate the... |
| V-1104 | Medium | Maximum password age does not meet minimum requirements. | The longer a password is in use, the greater the opportunity for someone to gain unauthorized knowledge of the passwords. Further, scheduled changing of passwords hinders the ability of... |
| V-14239 | Medium | User Account Control - Elevate UIAccess applications that are in secure locations | This check verifies whether Windows only allows applications installed in a secure location, such as the Program Files or the Windows\System32 folders, on the file system to run with elevated privileges. |
| V-14230 | Medium | Audit policy using subcategories is enabled. | This policy setting allows administrators to enable the more precise auditing capabilities present in Windows Vista and later. |
| V-14234 | Medium | User Account Control - Built In Admin Approval Mode | This check verifies whether the built-in Administrator account runs in Admin Approval Mode. |
| V-14235 | Medium | User Account Control - Behavior of elevation prompt for administrators | This check verifies whether logged on administrator is prompted for credentials when he attempts to complete a task that requires raised privileges. |
| V-14236 | Medium | User Account Control - Behavior of elevation prompt for standard users. | This check verifies that standard users are automatically denied when attempting to complete a task that requires raised privileges. |
| V-14237 | Medium | User Account Control - Detect Application Installations | This check verifies whether Windows responds to application installation requests by prompting for credentials. |
| V-1113 | Medium | The built-in guest account is not disabled. | A system faces an increased vulnerability threat if the built-in guest account is not disabled. This account is a known account that exists on all Windows systems and cannot be deleted. This... |
| V-15699 | Medium | Network – Windows Connect Now Wizards | This check verifies that access to the Windows Connect Now wizards is disabled. |
| V-15710 | Medium | Online Assistance – Untrusted Content | This check verifies that untrusted content is not rendered for online assistance. |
| V-15711 | Medium | Search – Encrypted Files Indexing | This check verifies that encrypted files are not indexed. |
| V-15713 | Medium | Defender – SpyNet Reporting | This check verifies that SpyNet membership is disabled. |
| V-15715 | Medium | Error Reporting – Windows Error Reporting | This check verifies that Error Reporting is disabled. |
| V-1076 | Low | System information backups are not created, updated, and protected according to DISA requirements. | Recovery of a damaged or compromised system in a timely basis is difficult without a system information backup. A system backup will usually include sensitive information such as user accounts... |
| V-1075 | Low | The system allows shutdown from the logon dialog box. | Displaying the shutdown button may allow individuals to shut down a system anonymously. Only authenticated users should be allowed to shut down the system. Preventing display of this button in... |
| V-4110 | Low | The system is configured to allow IP source routing. | Protects against IP source routing spoofing. |
| V-1173 | Low | The default permissions of Global system objects are not increased. | Windows system maintains a global list of shared system resources such as DOS device names, mutexes, and semaphores. Each type of object is created with a default DACL that specifies who can... |
| V-16001 | Low | Terminal Services – Default Only Client Printer Redirection (Terminal Server Role). | This check verifies that the system is configured to allow only the default client printer to be redirected in the Terminal Services session. |
| V-16005 | Low | Terminal Services – Remove Disconnect Option from Shut Down dialog box (Terminal Server Role). | This check verifies that the system is configured to remove the Disconnect option from the Shut Down Windows dialog box on the client. |
| V-16007 | Low | 8dot3 Name Creation Prevented | This check verifies Windows is configured to prevent the generation of 8.3 style file names. |
| V-3472 | Low | The system is configured to use an unauthorized time server. | The Windows Time Service controls time synchronization settings. Time synchronization is essential for authentication and auditing purposes. If the Windows Time Service is used, it should... |
| V-1165 | Low | The computer account password is prevented from being reset. | As a part of Windows security, computer account passwords are changed automatically. Enabling this policy to disable automatic password changes can make the system more vulnerable to malicious... |
| V-11806 | Low | The system is configured to allow the display of the last user name on the logon screen. | The user name of the last user to log onto a system will not be displayed. This eliminates half of the Userid/Password equation that an unauthorized person would need to log on. |
| V-1158 | Low | The Recovery Console SET command is enabled. | Enabling this option enables the Recovery Console SET command, which allows you to set Recovery Console environment variables. This permits floppy copy and access to all drives and folders. |
| V-1150 | Low | The built-in Microsoft password filter is not enabled. | The use of complex passwords increases their strength against guessing. This policy setting configures the system to verify that newly-created passwords conform to the Windows password complexity policy. |
| V-1151 | Low | Print driver installation privilege is not restricted to administrators. | By default, the print spooler allows any user to add and to delete printer drivers on the local system. This capability should be restricted to authorized personnel. |
| V-1090 | Low | Caching of logon credentials is not limited. | The default Windows configuration caches the last logon credentials for users who log on interactively to a system. This feature is provided for system availability reasons such as the user’s... |
| V-3373 | Low | The maximum age for machine account passwords is not set to requirements. | This setting controls the maximum password age that a machine account may have. This setting should be set to no more than 30 days, ensuring the machine changes its password monthly. |
| V-26359 | Low | The Windows dialog box title for the legal banner must be configured. | Failure to display the logon banner prior to a logon attempt will negate legal proceedings resulting from unauthorized access to system resources. |
| V-15686 | Low | Windows Installer – Vendor Signed Updates | This check verifies that users are prevented applying vendor signed updates. |
| V-15687 | Low | Media Player – First Use Dialog Boxes | This check verifies that users are not presented with Privacy and Installation options on first use of Windows Media Player. |
| V-1112 | Low | User account is dormant. | Outdated or unused accounts, provide penetration points that may go undetected. |
| V-15680 | Low | Classic Logon | This check verifies that users will always use the classic logon screen. |
| V-1136 | Low | Users are not forcibly disconnected when logon hours expire. | Users should not be permitted to remain logged on to the network after they have exceeded their permitted logon hours. In many cases, this indicates that a user forgot to log off before leaving... |
| V-15676 | Low | Order Prints Online | This check verifies that the “Order Prints Online” task is not available in Windows Explorer. |
| V-15675 | Low | Windows Registration Wizard | This check verifies that the Windows Registration Wizard is blocked from online registration. |
| V-15673 | Low | Internet Connection Wizard ISP Downloads | This check verifies that the Internet Connection Wizard cannot download a list of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from Microsoft. |
| V-15672 | Low | Event Viewer Events.asp Links are not diabled. | This check verifies that Events.asp hyperlinks in Event Viewer are not available. |
| V-15671 | Low | Root Certificates Update | This check verifies that Root Certificates will not be updated automatically from the Microsoft site. |
| V-15720 | Low | Windows Mail – Communities | This check verifies that Windows Mail will not check newsgroups for Communities support. |
| V-4438 | Low | TCP data retransmissions are not controlled. | In a SYN flood attack, the attacker sends a continuous stream of SYN packets to a server, and the server leaves the half-open connections open until it is overwhelmed and no longer is able to... |
| V-4111 | Low | The system is configured to redirect ICMP. | When disabled, forces ICMP to be routed via shortest path first. |
| V-4108 | Low | The system does not generate an audit event when the audit log reaches a percent full threshold. | When the audit log reaches a given percent full, an audit event is written to the security log. The event ID is 523 and is recorded as a success audit under the category of System. This option may... |
| V-1128 | Low | Security Configuration Tools are not being used to configure platforms for security compliance. | Security Configuration tools such as Security Templates and Group Policy allow system administrators to consolidate all security related system settings into a single configuration file. These... |
| V-4113 | Low | The system is configured for a greater keep-alive time than recommended. | Controls how often TCP sends a keep-alive packet in attempting to verify that an idle connection is still intact. |
| V-4112 | Low | The system is configured to detect and configure default gateway addresses. | Enables or disables the Internet Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) used to detect and configure Default Gateway addresses on the computer. |
| V-4116 | Low | The system is configured to allow name-release attacks. | Prevents a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against a WINS server. The DoS consists of sending a NetBIOS Name Release Request to the server for each entry in the servers cache, causing a response... |
| V-4442 | Low | This check verifies that Windows is configured to have password protection take effect within a limited time frame when the screen saver becomes active. | Allowing more than several seconds makes the computer vulnerable to a potential attack from someone walking up to the console to attempt to log onto the system before the lock takes effect. |
| V-15703 | Low | Driver Install – Device Driver Search Prompt | This check verifies that users will not be prompted to search Windows Updated for device drivers. |
| V-4445 | Low | Optional Subsystems are permitted to operate on the system. | The POSIX subsystem is an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) standard that defines a set of operating system services. The POSIX Subsystem is required if the server supports... |
| V-15707 | Low | Remote Assistance – Session Logging | This check verifies that Remote Assistance log files will be generated. |
| V-1174 | Low | Amount of idle time required before suspending a session is improperly set. | Administrators should use this setting to control when a computer disconnects an inactive SMB session. If client activity resumes, the session is automatically reestablished. This protects... |
| V-1135 | Low | Printer share permissions are not configured as recommended. | Improperly configured share permissions on printers can permit the addition of unauthorized print devices on the network. Windows shares are a means by which files, folders, printers, and other... |
| V-14232 | Low | IPSec Exemptions are limited. | This check verifies that Windows is configured to limit IPSec exemptions. |
| V-1126 | Low | The Recycle Bin on a Server is not configured to delete files. | The Recycle Bin saves a copy of a file when it is deleted through Windows Explorer. This poses a security risk. A user may delete a sensitive file, yet still leave a copy of that file in the Recycle Bin. |
| V-15712 | Low | Search – Exchange Folder Indexing | This check verifies that mail items on a Microsoft Exchange server are not indexed when Outlook is run in uncached mode. |
| V-15714 | Low | Error Reporting – Logging | This check verifies that Error Reporting events will be logged in the system event log. |
| V-15717 | Low | Error Reporting – Additional Data | This check verifies that additional data requests in response to Error Reporting will be declined. |
| V-15718 | Low | Windows Explorer – Heap Termination | This check verifies that heap termination on corruption is disabled. This may prevent Windows Explorer from terminating immediately from certain legacy plug-in applications. |
| V-15719 | Low | Logon – Report Logon Server | This check verifies that the user is notified whether the logon server was accessible or cached credentials were used. |
| V-1172 | Low | Users are not warned in advance that their passwords will expire. | This setting configures the system to display a warning to users telling them how many days are left before their password expires. By giving the user advanced warning, the user has time to... |
