Users with Administrative privilege must be documented and have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
WN08-00-000005	WN08-00-000005	WN08-00-000005_rule		Medium

Description
Using a privileged account to perform routine functions makes the computer vulnerable to malicious software inadvertently introduced during a session that has been granted full privileges.

STIG	Date
Windows 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-11-21

Details

Check Text ( C-WN08-00-000005_chk )
Review the necessary documentation that identifies the members of the Administrators group. Verify that each user with administrative privileges has been assigned a unique administrative account separate from their standard user account. The IAO will maintain a list of all users belonging to the Administrators group. If any of the following conditions are true, this is a finding: -Each SA does not have a unique userid dedicated for administering the system. -Each SA does not have a separate account for normal user tasks. -The IAO does not maintain a list of users belonging to the Administrators group.

Check Text ( C-WN08-00-000005_chk )

Review the necessary documentation that identifies the members of the Administrators group.

Verify that each user with administrative privileges has been assigned a unique administrative account separate from their standard user account.

The IAO will maintain a list of all users belonging to the Administrators group.

If any of the following conditions are true, this is a finding:

-Each SA does not have a unique userid dedicated for administering the system.
-Each SA does not have a separate account for normal user tasks.
-The IAO does not maintain a list of users belonging to the Administrators group.

Fix Text (F-WN08-00-000005_fix)
Create the necessary documentation that identifies the members of the Administrators group. Ensure that each member has a separate account for user duties and one for his privileged duties.