| 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-34974 | High | The Windows Installer Always install with elevated privileges must be disabled. | Standard user accounts must not be granted elevated privileges. Enabling Windows Installer to elevate privileges when installing applications can allow malicious persons and applications to gain... |
| 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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-26486 | Medium | The Deny log on through Terminal Services user right on member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local administrator accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny log on through Terminal Services" right defines the accounts that are... |
| 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-39137 | Medium | The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) V4.1 Update 1 or later must be installed on the system. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention... |
| 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-15721 | Medium | Windows Mail – Disable Application | This check verifies that Windows Mail will be disabled. |
| 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-16008 | Medium | UAC - Application Elevations | This check verifies that Windows elevates all applications, not just signed ones. |
| 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-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-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-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-36705 | Medium | The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) system-wide Data Execution Prevention (DEP) must be enabled and configured to at least Application Opt Out. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention... |
| 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-36701 | Medium | The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) system-wide Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) must be enabled and configured to Application Opt In. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention... |
| V-36702 | Medium | The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Default Protections for Internet Explorer must be enabled. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention... |
| V-36703 | Medium | The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Default Protections for Recommended Software must be enabled. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention... |
| V-36704 | Medium | The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Default Protections for Popular Software must be enabled. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention... |
| V-6850 | Medium | Auditing records must be configured as required. | Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred, as well as detect attacks. ... |
| V-36706 | Medium | The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) system-wide Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be configured to Application Opt Out. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention... |
| 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 must be a minimum of 14 characters in length. | 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 must be disabled until a deliberate transition strategy has been implemented. Use of IPv6 transition technologies must 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 is 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-1155 | Medium | The Deny access to this computer from the network user right on member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local administrator accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny access to this computer from the network" right defines the accounts that... |
| 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-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-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-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-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-36439 | Medium | Local administrator accounts must have their privileged token filtered to prevent elevated privileges from being used over the network on domain systems. | A compromised local administrator account can provide means for an attacker to move laterally between domain systems.
With User Account Control enabled, filtering the privileged token for local... |
| 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-15682 | Medium | Attachments must be prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds. | Attachments from RSS feeds may not be secure. This setting will prevent attachments 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-1145 | Medium | Automatic logons must be disabled. | Allowing a system to automatically log on when the machine is booted could give access to any unauthorized individual who restarts the computer. Automatic logon with administrator privileges... |
| 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-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-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-26483 | Medium | The Deny log on as a batch job user right on member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny log on as a batch job" right defines accounts that are prevented from... |
| 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-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-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-3480 | Medium | Media Player must be configured to prevent automatic checking for updates. | Uncontrolled system updates can introduce issues to a system. The automatic check for updates performed by Windows Media Player must be disabled to ensure a constant platform and to prevent the... |
| V-15699 | Medium | Network – Windows Connect Now Wizards | This check verifies that access to the Windows Connect Now wizards is disabled. |
| V-15666 | Medium | Windows Peer to Peer Networking | This check verifies Microsoft Peer-to-Peer Networking Service is turned off. |
| 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-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 | Unauthenticated RPC clients must be restricted from connecting to the RPC server. | Configuring RPC to restrict unauthenticated RPC clients from connecting to the RPC server will prevent anonymous connections. |
| 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-32274 | Medium | The DoD Interoperability Root CA 1 to DoD Root CA 2 cross certificate must be installed. | To ensure that users do not experience denial of service on NIPRNet when performing certificate-based authentication to DoD websites due to the system chaining to a root other than DoD Root CA 2,... |
| 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-15823 | Medium | Remove Software Certificate Installation Files | This check verifies that software certificate installation files have been removed from a system. |
| 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-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-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 | Auditing Access of Global System Objects must be turned off. | This setting prevents 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-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-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-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-4444 | Medium | Users must 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-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 must, at minimum, prompt administrators for consent. | User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting configures the elevation... |
| 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-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-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-26484 | Medium | The Deny log on as a service user right on member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems. No other groups or accounts must be assigned this right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny log on as a service" right defines accounts that are denied log on as a... |
| V-26485 | Medium | The Deny log on locally user right on member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
The "Deny log on locally" right defines accounts that are prevented from logging on... |
| 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-15714 | Medium | The system must be configured to save Error Reporting events and messages to the system event log. | Maintaining an audit trail of system activity logs can help identify configuration errors, troubleshoot service disruptions, and analyze compromises that have occurred, as well as detect attacks. ... |
| V-15715 | Medium | The system must be configured to generate error reports. | Enabling Windows Error Reporting generates information useful to system administrators and forensics analysts for diagnosing system problems and investigating intrusions. If Windows Error... |
| V-15717 | Medium | The system must be configured to allow a local or DOD-wide collector to request additional error reporting diagnostic data to be sent. | Sending additional error reporting data provides valuable system diagnostic and vulnerability information that would otherwise not be generated nor collected. This setting controls whether... |
| V-40237 | Medium | The US DoD CCEB Interoperability Root CA 1 to DoD Root CA 2 cross-certificate must be installed into the Untrusted Certificates Store. | To ensure users do not experience denial of service on NIPRNet when performing certificate-based authentication to DoD websites due to the system chaining to a root other than DoD Root CA 2, the... |
| 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-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-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-15720 | Low | Windows Mail – Communities | This check verifies that Windows Mail will not check newsgroups for Communities support. |
| 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-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-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-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-15680 | Low | Classic Logon | This check verifies that users will always use the classic logon screen. |
| V-1136 | Low | Users must be forcibly disconnected when their logon hours expire. | Users must 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 for... |
| 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 must be turned off. | Viewing events is a function of administrators, who must not access the internet with privileged accounts. This setting will disable Events.asp hyperlinks in Event Viewer to prevent links to the... |
| V-15671 | Low | Root Certificates Update | This check verifies that Root Certificates will not be updated automatically from the Microsoft site. |
| 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... |
| 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-4110 | Low | The system is configured to allow IP source routing. | Protects against IP source routing spoofing. |
| 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-45589 | Low | A group must be defined on domain systems to include all local administrator accounts. | Several user rights on domain systems require that local administrator accounts be assigned to them. This is separate from the built-in Administrators group, which also contains domain... |
| 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-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-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-15707 | Low | Remote Assistance – Session Logging | This check verifies that Remote Assistance log files will be generated. |
| V-14232 | Low | IPSec Exemptions are limited. | This check verifies that Windows is configured to limit IPSec exemptions. |
| 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. |
