Floppy media devices are not allocated upon user logon.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-1085	3.006	SV-25037r1_rule	ECLP-1 ECSC-1	Low

Description
This check verifies that Windows is configured to not limit access to floppy drives when a user is logged on locally.

STIG	Date
Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-08-22

Details

Check Text ( C-44r1_chk )
Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view. Navigate to Local Policies -> Security Options. If the value for “Devices: Restrict floppy access to locally logged-on user only” is not set to “Disabled”, then this is a finding. The policy referenced configures the following registry value: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ Value Name: Allocatefloppies Value Type: REG_SZ Value: 0

Check Text ( C-44r1_chk )

Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view.

Navigate to Local Policies -> Security Options.
If the value for “Devices: Restrict floppy access to locally logged-on user only” is not set to “Disabled”, then this is a finding.

The policy referenced configures the following registry value:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey: \Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\

Value Name: Allocatefloppies

Value Type: REG_SZ
Value: 0

Fix Text (F-70r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “Devices: Restrict floppy access to locally logged-on user only” to “Disabled”.