| V-1073 | High | Systems must be at supported service pack (SP) or release 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-39137 | High | The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) v5.5 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-26479 | High | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Create a token object user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Create a token object" user right allows a process to create an access token. ... |
| V-1081 | High | Local volumes must be formatted using NTFS. | The ability to set access permissions and auditing is critical to maintaining the security and proper access controls of a system. To support this, volumes must be formatted using the NTFS file system. |
| 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 Lan Manager authentication level must be set to send NTLMv2 response only, and to refuse LM and NTLM. | The Kerberos v5 authentication protocol is the default for authentication for domains. NTLM which is less secure, is retained in later Windows versions for compatibility with standalone systems... |
| 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 enumeration of shares must be restricted. | Allowing anonymous logon users (null session connections) to list all account names and enumerate all shared resources can provide a map of potential points to attack the system. |
| V-26283 | High | Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts will not be allowed. | This is a Category 1 finding as it allows anonymous logon users (null session connections) to list all account names, thus providing a list of potential points to attack the system. |
| V-3338 | High | Named pipes that can be accessed anonymously must be configured to contain no values. | Named pipes that can be accessed anonymously provide the potential for gaining unauthorized system access. Pipes are internal system communications processes. They are identified internally by... |
| V-3339 | High | Unauthorized remotely accessible registry paths must not be configured. | The registry is integral to the function, security, and stability of the Windows system. Some processes may require remote access to the registry. This setting controls which registry paths are... |
| V-7002 | High | DoD information system access does not 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-22692 | High | The default autorun behavior must be configured to prevent autorun commands. | Allowing autorun commands to execute may introduce malicious code to a system. Configuring this setting prevents autorun commands from executing. |
| V-18010 | High | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Debug programs user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Debug Programs" user right can attach a debugger to any process or... |
| V-68843 | High | Data Execution Prevention (DEP) must be configured to at least OptOut. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. Data Execution Prevention (DEP) prevents harmful code from running in protected memory locations reserved for... |
| V-68847 | High | Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be turned on. | Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) blocks exploits that use the Structured Exception... |
| 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-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 uses a weak encryption algorithm and there... |
| V-3340 | High | Unauthorized shares can be accessed anonymously. | This is a Category 1 finding because of 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... |
| V-3347 | High | Internet Information System (IIS) or its subcomponents must not be installed on a workstation. | Installation of Internet Information System (IIS) may allow unauthorized internet services to be hosted. Websites must only be hosted on servers that have been designed for that purpose and can... |
| 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 remotely accessible registry paths and sub-paths must not be configured. | The registry is integral to the function, security, and stability of the Windows system. Some processes may require remote access to the registry. This setting controls which registry paths and... |
| V-1102 | High | The Act as part of the operating system user right must be granted to no accounts. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Act as part of the operating system" user right can assume the... |
| V-26499 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Perform volume maintenance tasks user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Perform volume maintenance tasks" user right can manage volume and... |
| 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-26498 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Modify firmware environment values user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Modify firmware environment values" user right can change hardware... |
| V-26576 | Medium | The IP-HTTPS IPv6 transition technology will be disabled. | IPv6 transition technologies which tunnel packets through other protocols do not provide visibility. |
| V-26577 | Medium | The ISATAP IPv6 transition technology will be disabled. | IPv6 transition technologies which tunnel packets through other protocols do not provide visibility. |
| V-26575 | Medium | The 6to4 IPv6 transition technology will be disabled. | IPv6 transition technologies which tunnel packets through other protocols do not provide visibility. |
| V-26553 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security State Change" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| 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-3380 | Medium | The system must be configured to force users to log off when their allowed logon hours expire. | Limiting logon hours can help protect data by only allowing access during specified times. This setting controls whether or not users are forced to log off when their allowed logon hours expire. ... |
| V-26478 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Create a pagefile user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create a pagefile" user right can change the size of a pagefile,... |
| V-26476 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Change the system time user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Change the system time" user right can change the system time,... |
| V-26474 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Back up files and directories user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Back up files and directories" user right can circumvent file and... |
| V-26473 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services" user right can access... |
| V-26472 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Allow log on locally" user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Allow log on locally" right can log on interactively to a system. |
| V-26471 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Adjust memory quotas for a process user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Adjust memory quotas for a process" user right can adjust memory... |
| V-26470 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Access this computer from the network user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Access this computer from the network" user right may access... |
| V-26533 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Other Account Management Events" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26547 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Policy Change -> Audit Policy Change" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-15725 | Medium | The More Gadgets link must be disabled. | Uncontrolled installation of applications can introduce various issues, including system instability, and allow access to sensitive information. Installation of applications must be controlled by... |
| V-15724 | Medium | Unsigned gadgets must not be installed. | Uncontrolled installation of applications can introduce various issues, including system instability, and allow access to sensitive information. Installation of applications must be controlled by... |
| V-15726 | Medium | User-installed gadgets must be turned off. | Uncontrolled installation of applications can introduce various issues, including system instability, and allow access to sensitive information. Installation of applications must be controlled by... |
| V-15823 | Medium | Software certificate installation files must be removed from a system. | Use of software certificates and their accompanying installation files for end users to access resources is less secure than the use of hardware-based certificates. |
| V-15722 | Medium | Prevent Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) from accessing the Internet. | This check verifies that Windows Media DRM will be prevented from accessing the Internet. |
| V-56511 | Medium | The Windows Error Reporting Service must be running and configured to start automatically. | Windows Error Reporting information can be used to help diagnose day-to-day software issues, as well as help discover malicious code and possibly zero-day attacks on systems. |
| V-16006 | Medium | The system must not have unnecessary features installed. | Windows includes additional features available for installation. The majority of these are unnecessary and may also increase the attack surface of the system. |
| V-16008 | Medium | UAC - All application are elevated. | This check verifies that Windows elevates all applications, not just signed ones. |
| 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-26503 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Replace a process level token user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Replace a process level token" user right allows one process or service to start... |
| V-26501 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Profile system performance user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Profile system performance" user right can monitor system processes... |
| V-26500 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Profile single process user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Profile single process" user right can monitor non-system processes... |
| V-26483 | Medium | The Deny log on as a batch job user right on workstations 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-26506 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Take ownership of files or other objects user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Take ownership of files or other objects" user right can take... |
| V-26505 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Shut down the system user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Shut down the system" user right can interactively shut down a... |
| V-26504 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Restore files and directories user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Restore files and directories" user right can circumvent file and... |
| 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-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 must be configured to prevent unsolicited remote assistance offers. | Remote assistance allows another user to view or take control of the local session of a user. Unsolicited remote assistance is help that is offered by the remote user. This may allow... |
| 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-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-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-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-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-14242 | Medium | User Account Control - Non UAC compliant applications run in virtualized file and registry entries. | This check verifies that non UAC compliant applications will run in virtualized file and registry entries in per user locations allowing them to run. |
| V-26582 | Medium | The System event log must be configured to a minimum size requirement. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and require frequent attention by administrative personnel. |
| V-26581 | Medium | The Setup event log must be configured to a minimum size requirement. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and require frequent attention by administrative personnel. |
| V-26580 | Medium | The Security event log size must be configured to 196608 KB or greater. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and require frequent attention by administrative personnel. |
| 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-15697 | Medium | Disable the Responder network protocol driver. | This check verifies that the Responder network protocol driver is disabled. |
| V-15696 | Medium | Disable the 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... |
| V-6832 | Medium | The Windows 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 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. | 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-1150 | Medium | The built-in Windows password complexity policy must be enabled. | The use of complex passwords increases their strength against attack. The built-in Windows password complexity policy requires passwords to contain at least 3 of the 4 types of characters... |
| 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-3385 | Medium | The system must be configured to require case insensitivity for non-Windows subsystems. | 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 must be... |
| V-1157 | Medium | The Smart Card removal option must be configured to Force Logoff or Lock Workstation. | Unattended systems are susceptible to unauthorized use and must be locked. Configuring a system to lock when a smart card is removed will ensure the system is inaccessible when unattended. |
| V-1099 | Medium | The account lockout duration must be configured to require an administrator to unlock an account. | The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. This parameter specifies the amount of time that an account will remain locked after the specified... |
| V-1098 | Medium | The period of time before the invalid logon counter is reset must be configured to at least 60 minutes. | The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. This parameter specifies the period of time that must pass after failed logon attempts before the... |
| V-2372 | Medium | Reversible password encryption must be disabled. | Storing passwords using reversible encryption is essentially the same as storing clear-text versions of the passwords. For this reason, this policy must never be enabled. |
| V-1097 | Medium | The system must lockout accounts after 3 invalid logon attempts within a specified time period. | 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 must be configured to meet the minimum session security requirement for NTLM SSP based clients. | Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with RPC sessions. All of the options must be enabled to ensure the maximum security level. |
| V-3376 | Medium | The system is configured to permit storage of passwords and credentials. | This setting controls the storage of passwords and credentials for network authentication on the local system. Such credentials should never be stored on the local machine as that may lead to... |
| V-26578 | Medium | The Teredo IPv6 transition technology will be disabled. | IPv6 transition technologies which tunnel packets through other protocols do not provide visibility. |
| V-3374 | Medium | The system is not configured to require a strong session key. | This setting controls the requirement that strong session keys be used between systems. |
| 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-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-26548 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Policy Change -> Authentication Policy Change" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| 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 | Shell protocol runs in 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 passwords must not be sent to third-party SMB Servers. | 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 | Prevent users from changing Windows installer options. | This check verifies that users are prevented from changing installation options. |
| V-57473 | Medium | The maximum number of error reports to queue on a system must be configured to 50 or greater. | The error reporting queue is stored locally on the system and contains the error reports until they have been manually removed or automatically sent to the local collector or DOD-wide collector... |
| V-57471 | Medium | The system must be configured to add all error reports to the queue. | Error reports are queued for sending to an error reporting site when the queueing behavior is set to Always Queue. This will maintain the reports in the queue until a connection can be made to... |
| V-26529 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Logon -> Credential Validation" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-57475 | Medium | The system must be configured to attempt to forward queued error reports once a day. | Error reports stored in the queue should be forwarded to a local or DOD-wide collection site when the system can connect to the site. This setting controls the frequency a system will use to try... |
| V-57479 | Medium | The system must be configured to permit the default consent levels of Windows Error Reporting to override any other consent policy setting. | This setting determines the behavior of the "Configure Default Consent" setting in relation to custom consent settings. Enabling this allows the default consent levels of Windows Error Reporting... |
| V-3458 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services idle session time limit does not meet the requirement. | 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-26541 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Logon/Logoff -> Logon" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| 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-3453 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services is not configured to always prompt a client for passwords upon connection. | This setting controls the ability of users to supply passwords automatically as part of their remote desktop connection. Disabling this setting would allow anyone to use the stored credentials in... |
| V-3457 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services is not configured to set a time limit for disconnected sessions. | 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 | Remote Desktop Services is not configured to delete temporary folders. | This setting controls the deletion of the temporary folders when the session is terminated. Temporary folders should always be deleted after a session is over to prevent hard disk clutter and... |
| V-3455 | Medium | Remote Desktop Services must be configured to use session-specific temporary folders. | If a communal temporary folder is used for remote desktop sessions, it might be possible for users to access other users' temporary folders. If this setting is enabled, only one temporary folder... |
| V-3454 | Medium | Remote Desktop 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 Remote Desktop Services sessions in both directions. |
| V-57477 | Medium | The system must be configured to automatically consent to send all data requested by a local or DOD-wide error collection site. | Configuring error reporting to send all requested data ensures all relevant data associated with the error report is captured for later analysis. This setting determines the default consent... |
| V-14248 | Medium | Users must be prevented from connecting using Remote Desktop Services. | Allowing a remote desktop session to a workstation enables another avenue of access that could be exploited. The system must be configured to prevent users from connecting to a computer using... |
| V-26540 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Logon/Logoff -> Logoff" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| 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-26538 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> User Account Management" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26539 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Detailed Tracking -> Process Creation" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-57465 | Medium | The system must be configured to store all data in the error report archive. | The error reporting archive is stored locally on the system and is created after an error report has been sent to the local collector or DOD-wide collector (if defined). Storing all data,... |
| 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-57467 | Medium | The maximum number of error reports to archive on a system must be configured to 100 or greater. | The retention of archived reports provides a history. Older reports are automatically deleted as new reports are generated once the maximum limit has been met. The archive is stored locally on... |
| V-14249 | Medium | Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Services - Local drives prevented from sharing with Terminal Servers/Remote Session Hosts. | This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from sharing the local drives on their client computers to Remote Session Hosts that they access. |
| V-57469 | Medium | The system must be configured to queue error reports until a local or DOD-wide collector is available. | Queueing error reports provides the ability for a system to collect reports locally or until a collection server can be contacted. Valuable system diagnostic and vulnerability information may be... |
| V-26530 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Logon -> Credential Validation" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26531 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Computer Account Management" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26536 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Security Group Management" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26537 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> User Account Management" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26534 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Other Account Management Events" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26535 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Security Group Management" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| 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 must be renamed. | The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. Renaming this account to an unidentified name improves the protection of this account and the system. |
| V-14237 | Medium | User Account Control is configured to detect application installations. | This requires Windows to respond to application installation requests by prompting for credentials. |
| V-1114 | Medium | The built-in guest account must be renamed. | The built-in guest account is a well-known user account on all Windows systems and, as initially installed, does not require a password. This can allow access to system resources by unauthorized... |
| 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-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-15699 | Medium | Disable the Windows Connect Now wizards. | This check verifies that access to the Windows Connect Now wizards is disabled. |
| V-15667 | Medium | Prohibit Network Bridge in Windows. | This check verifies the Network Bridge cannot be installed and configured. |
| V-26532 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Account Management -> Computer Account Management" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-21975 | Medium | Prevent the system from joining a homegroup. | This setting will prevent a system from being joined to a homegroup. Homegroups are a method of sharing data and printers on a home network. |
| V-21973 | Medium | Turn off autoplay for non-volume devices. | This setting will disable autoplay for non-volume devices (such as Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) devices). |
| V-57455 | Medium | The system must be configured to prevent the display of error messages to the user. | Displaying error messages to users provides them the option of sending the reports. Error reports should be sent silently, unknown to the user. This setting controls whether users are shown an... |
| 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-1113 | Medium | The built-in guest account must be 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-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 | IE security prompt is enabled for web-based installations. | This check verifies that users are notified if a web-based program attempts to install software. |
| 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-26549 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Privilege Use -> Sensitive Privilege Use" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| 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-26546 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Policy Change -> Audit Policy Change" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26543 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Logon/Logoff -> Special Logon" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26542 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Logon/Logoff -> Logon" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| 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 on NIPRNet are properly validated, the system must trust the ECA Root CA 2. The ECA root certificate will ensure that the trust... |
| 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-21980 | Medium | Explorer Data Execution Prevention is disabled. | This setting will prevent Data Execution Prevention from being turned off for Windows Explorer. |
| 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-26495 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Log on as a batch job user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Log on as a batch job" user right allows accounts to log on using the task... |
| V-26494 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Lock pages in memory user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Lock pages in memory" user right allows physical memory to be assigned to... |
| 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-26496 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Manage auditing and security log user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Manage auditing and security log" user right can manage the... |
| V-26558 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> System Integrity" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26490 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Impersonate a client after authentication user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Impersonate a client after authentication" user right allows a program to... |
| V-26493 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Load and unload device drivers user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Load and unload device drivers" user right allows device drivers to dynamically... |
| V-26492 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Increase scheduling priority user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Increase scheduling priority" user right can change a scheduling... |
| V-26554 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security State Change" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| 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-26556 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security System Extension" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26557 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> System Integrity" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26550 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "Privilege Use -> Sensitive Privilege Use" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26551 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> IPSec Driver" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-26552 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> IPSec Driver" failures. | 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 detecting... |
| V-1155 | Medium | The Deny access to this computer from the network user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and all local 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-16047 | Medium | The built-in administrator account must be disabled. | The built-in administrator account is a well-known account subject to attack. It also provides no accountability to individual administrators on a system. It must be disabled to prevent its use. |
| V-15700 | Medium | Disable remote access to the plug and play interface. | This check verifies that remote access to the Plug and Play interface is disabled. |
| V-15706 | Medium | Password is required on resume from sleep (plugged in). | This check verifies that the user is prompted for a password on resume from sleep (Plugged In). |
| V-15705 | Medium | Password is required on resume from sleep (on battery). | This check verifies that the user is prompted for a password on resume from sleep (on battery). |
| V-15666 | Medium | Turn off Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking Services. | This check verifies Microsoft Peer-to-Peer Networking Service is turned off. |
| V-3666 | Medium | The system must be configured to meet the minimum session security requirement for NTLM SSP based servers. | Microsoft has implemented a variety of security support providers for use with RPC sessions. All of the options must be enabled to ensure the maximum security level. |
| 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-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-1107 | Medium | The password history must be configured to 24 passwords remembered. | A system is more vulnerable to unauthorized access when users can recycle the same password several times without being required to change it to a unique password on a regularly scheduled basis. ... |
| V-26497 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Modify an object label user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Modify an object label" user right can change the integrity label... |
| V-1105 | Medium | The minimum password age must be configured to at least 1 day. | 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 purpose... |
| V-1104 | Medium | The maximum password age must be configured to 60 days or less. | The longer passwords are in use, the greater the opportunity for someone to gain unauthorized knowledge of them. Scheduled changing of passwords hinders the ability of unauthorized users to crack... |
| V-21951 | Medium | Services using Local System that use Negotiate when reverting to NTLM authentication must use the computer identity vs. authenticating anonymously. | Services using Local System that use Negotiate when reverting to NTLM authentication may gain unauthorized access if allowed to authenticate anonymously instead of using the computer identity. |
| V-21950 | Medium | The service principal name (SPN) target name validation level must be configured to Accept if provided by client. | If a service principle name (SPN) is provided by the client, it is validated against the server's list of SPNs, aiding in the prevention of spoofing. |
| V-21953 | Medium | PKU2U authentication using online identities must be prevented. | PKU2U is a peer-to-peer authentication protocol. This setting prevents online identities from authenticating to domain-joined systems. Authentication will be centrally managed with Windows user accounts. |
| V-21952 | Medium | NTLM must be prevented from falling back to a Null session. | NTLM sessions that are allowed to fall back to Null (unauthenticated) sessions may gain unauthorized access. |
| V-21954 | Medium | The use of DES encryption suites must not be allowed for Kerberos encryption. | Certain encryption types are no longer considered secure. This setting configures a minimum encryption type for Kerberos, preventing the use of the DES encryption suites. |
| V-26579 | Medium | The Application event log must be configured to a minimum size requirement. | Inadequate log size will cause the log to fill up quickly. This may prevent audit events from being recorded properly and require frequent attention by administrative personnel. |
| V-26491 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Increase a process working set user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Increase a process working set" user right can change the size of a... |
| V-14234 | Medium | User Account Control for the built In admin runs in Admin Approval Mode | This check verifies whether the built-in Administrator account runs in Admin Approval Mode. |
| V-14235 | Medium | User Account Control is configured for the appropriate elevation prompt for administrators | This setting configures the elevation requirements for logged on administrators to complete a task that requires raised privileges. |
| V-14236 | Medium | User Account Control is configured for the appropriate elevation prompt for standard users. | This check verifies that the logged on user is prompted for administrative credentials on the secure desktop when he attempts to complete a task that requires raised privileges. |
| V-28285 | Medium | Unauthorized users must not have the Log on as a service User Right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.
Accounts with the right "Log on as a service" can start network services or register a... |
| V-26482 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Create symbolic links user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create symbolic links" user right can create pointers to other... |
| V-15698 | Medium | The configuration of wireless devices using Windows Connect Now will be disabled. | This check verifies that the configuration of wireless devices using Windows Connect Now is disabled. |
| V-26480 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Create global objects user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create global objects" user right can create objects that are... |
| V-26481 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Create permanent shared objects user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Create permanent shared objects" user right could expose sensitive... |
| V-26486 | Medium | The Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services user right on workstations must prevent all access if RDS is not used by the organization. If RDS is used, it must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and all local 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 Remote Desktop Services" right defines the accounts that are... |
| V-26487 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation" user right allows... |
| V-26484 | Medium | The Deny log on as a service user right on workstations 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 workstations 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-26488 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Force shutdown from a remote system user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Force shutdown from a remote system" user right can remotely shut... |
| V-26489 | Medium | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Generate security audits user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Generate security audits" user right specifies users and processes that can... |
| V-15711 | Medium | Turn off indexing of encrypted files. | This check verifies that encrypted files are not indexed. |
| V-15713 | Medium | Turn off Windows 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-26555 | Medium | The system will be configured to audit "System -> Security System Extension" successes. | 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 detecting... |
| V-57463 | Medium | The system must be configured to archive error reports. | The error reporting archive is stored locally on the system, and is created after an error report has been sent to the local collector or DOD-wide collector (if defined). This creates a backup of... |
| 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. | Preventing display of the shutdown button in the logon dialog box may encourage a hard shut down with the power button. (However, displaying the shutdown button may allow individuals to shut down... |
| V-1174 | Low | The amount of idle time required before suspending a session must be properly set. | Open sessions can increase the avenues of attack on a system. This setting is used to control when a computer disconnects an inactive SMB session. If client activity resumes, the session is... |
| 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-26477 | Low | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Change the time zone user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Change the time zone" user right can change the time zone of a system. |
| V-26475 | Low | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Bypass traverse checking user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Bypass traverse checking" user right can pass through folders when... |
| V-26502 | Low | Unauthorized accounts must not have the Remove computer from docking station user right. | Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
The "Remove computer from docking station" user right defines accounts that can undock... |
| V-1165 | Low | The computer account password is prevented from being reset. | Computer account passwords are changed automatically on a regular basis. Enabling this policy to disable automatic password changes can make the system more vulnerable to malicious access. ... |
| V-15701 | Low | Enable restore points for device driver installations. | This check verifies that a system restore point will be created when a new device driver is installed. |
| V-14231 | Low | The system must be configured to hide the computer from the browse list. | Identifying the computer name on a network could provide an attacker with information useful in gaining access. This setting prevents the computer name from displaying in the browse list. |
| V-1084 | Low | System pagefile is cleared upon shutdown. | This check verifies that Windows is configured to not wipe clean the system pagefile during a controlled system shutdown. |
| V-1085 | Low | Floppy media devices are not allocated upon user logon. | This check verifies that Windows is configured to not limit access to floppy drives when a user is logged on locally. |
| 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 must be disabled. | The Recovery Console SET command allows environment variables to be set in the Recovery Console. This permits access to all drives and folders and the copying of files to removable media which... |
| V-1151 | Low | Print driver installation privilege must be restricted to administrators. | The print spooler allows users to add and to delete printer drivers on the local system. This capability must be restricted to privileged groups to ensure only stable, non-malicious drivers are used. |
| V-1090 | Low | Caching of logon credentials must be 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 | Prevent users from installing vendor signed updates. | This check verifies that users are prevented applying vendor signed updates. |
| V-15687 | Low | Prevent first use dialog boxes for Windows Media Player from displaying for users. | This check verifies that users are not presented with Privacy and Installation options on first use of Windows Media Player. |
| V-15718 | Low | Disable heap termination on corruption in Windows Explorer. | 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-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 is blocked. | This check verifies that the “Order Prints Online” task is not available in Windows Explorer. |
| 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-15672 | Low | Event Viewer events.asp links are available. | This check verifies that Events.asp hyperlinks in Event Viewer are available. |
| V-3375 | Low | Domain Controller authentication is not required to unlock the workstation. | This setting controls the behavior of the system when you attempt to unlock the workstation. If this setting is enabled, the system will pass the credentials to the domain controller (if in a... |
| V-4438 | Low | The system must limit how many times unacknowledged TCP data is retransmitted. | 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-4108 | Low | The system must generate an audit event when the audit log reaches a percentage of full threshold. | Audit records may be lost if the security log becomes full. When the audit log reaches a given percent full, an audit event is written to the security log. An event is recorded as a success... |
| V-21974 | Low | Turn off downloading of game updates. | This setting will prevent the system from downloading game update information from Windows Metadata Services. |
| V-21971 | Low | Prevent the Application Compatibility Program Inventory from collecting data and sending the information to Microsoft. | This setting will prevent the Program Inventory from collecting data about a system and sending the information to Microsoft. |
| V-21970 | Low | Disable Performance PerfTrack. | This setting prevents responsiveness events from being aggregated and sent to Microsoft. |
| V-21978 | Low | Windows Anytime Upgrade is not disabled. | This setting will prevent Windows Anytime Upgrade from running. |
| V-15680 | Low | The classic logon screen must be required for user logons. | The classic logon screen requires users to enter a logon name and password to access a system. The simple logon screen or Welcome screen displays usernames for selection, providing part of the... |
| 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-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-4116 | Low | The system must be configured to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers. | Configuring the system to ignore name release requests, except from WINS servers, prevents a denial of service (DoS) attack. The DoS consists of sending a NetBIOS name release request to the... |
| 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-21964 | Low | Device metadata retrieval from the Internet must be prevented. | Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive... |
| V-21965 | Low | Prevent Windows Update for device driver search | This setting will prevent from searching Windows Update for device drivers. |
| V-21966 | Low | Prevent handwriting personalization data sharing with Microsoft. | This setting prevents data from the handwriting recognition personalization tool being shared with Microsoft. |
| V-21967 | Low | Prevent Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) interactive communication with Microsoft. | This setting prevents the MSDT from communicating with and sending collected data to Microsoft, the default support provider. |
| V-21960 | Low | Require domain users to elevate when setting a network’s location. | This policy requires domain users to elevate when setting a network’s location. |
| V-21961 | Low | Route all Direct Access traffic through internal network. | This setting ensures all traffic is routed through the internal network, allowing monitoring and preventing split tunneling. |
| V-21963 | Low | Prevent searching Windows Update for point and print drivers. | This setting will prevent Windows from searching Windows Update for point and print drivers. Only the local driver store and server driver cache will be searched. |
| V-21969 | Low | Prevent access to Windows Online Troubleshooting Service (WOTS). | This setting prevents users from searching troubleshooting content on Microsoft servers. Only local content will be available. |
| V-15703 | Low | Users will not be prompted to search Windows Update for device drivers. | This check verifies that users will not be prompted to search Windows Updated for device drivers. |
| V-15702 | Low | A Windows error report is not sent when a generic driver is installed. | This check verifies that an error report will not be sent when a generic device driver is installed. |
| V-15707 | Low | Session logging for Remote Assistance is enabled. | This check verifies that Remote Assistance log files will be generated. |
| V-15704 | Low | Handwriting recognition error reports (Tablet PCs) are not sent to Microsoft. | This check verifies that errors in handwriting recognition on Tablet PCs are not reported to Microsoft. |
| V-15709 | Low | Disable Game Explorer information downloads. | This check verifies that game information is not downloaded from Windows Metadata Services. |
| V-17373 | Low | Secure Removable Media – CD-ROM | This check verifies that Windows is configured to not limit access to CD drives when a user is logged on locally. |
| V-21955 | Low | IPv6 source routing must be configured to highest protection. | Configuring the system to disable IPv6 source routing protects against spoofing. |
| V-21956 | Low | IPv6 TCP data retransmissions must be configured to prevent resources from becoming exhausted. | Configuring Windows to limit the number of times that IPv6 TCP retransmits unacknowledged data segments before aborting the attempt helps prevent resources from becoming exhausted. |
| V-14232 | Low | IPSec exemptions are limited. | This check verifies that Windows is configured to limit IPSec exemptions. |
| V-15712 | Low | Indexing of mail items in Exchange folders when Outlook is running in uncached mode must be turned off. | Indexing of encrypted items may expose sensitive data. This setting prevents mail items in a Microsoft Exchange folder from being indexed when Outlook is running in uncached mode. |
| V-15719 | Low | Users must be notified if the logon server was inaccessible and cached credentials were used. | Notifying a user whether cached credentials were used may make them aware of connection issues. |
