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Registry key auditing configuration does not meet minimum requirements.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-1088 3.010 SV-25135r2_rule ECAR-3 Medium
Description
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 significant modifications made to the Registry provides a method of determining the responsible party.
STIG Date
Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2012-08-22

Details

Check Text ( C-32851r2_chk )
Verify system level auditing of object access is properly configured (see V-26545 “Object Access - Registry”). If this is not configured to audit “Failure”, this requirement is a finding.

Verify detailed registry auditing is configured.
Run “Regedit”.
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM keys.
On the menu bar, select “Edit” then “Permissions”.
Click on the “Advanced” button.
Select the “Auditing” tab.
Verify the following is configured:
Type – Fail
Name – Everyone
Access – Full Control
Apply to – This key and subkeys

If the “Everyone” group, at a minimum is not being audited for all failures, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-28953r1_fix)
Configure the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM keys to audit the Everyone Group for all failures. Audit settings should be propagated to subkeys.