Prevent NTLM from falling back to a Null session.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-21952	3.152	SV-25275r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This setting prevents NTLM from falling back to a Null (unauthenticated) session.

STIG	Date
Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-06-27

Details

Check Text ( C-26836r1_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 “Network Security: Allow LocalSystem NULL session fallback” is not set to “Disabled”, then this is a finding. The policy referenced configures the following registry value: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \System\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA\MSV1_0\ Value Name: allownullsessionfallback Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

Check Text ( C-26836r1_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 “Network Security: Allow LocalSystem NULL session fallback” is not set to “Disabled”, then this is a finding.

The policy referenced configures the following registry value:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey: \System\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA\MSV1_0\

Value Name: allownullsessionfallback

Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Fix Text (F-22941r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for “Network Security: Allow LocalSystem NULL session fallback” to “Disabled”.