Unauthorized users must not have the "Log on as a service" user right.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
WN08-UR-000031	WN08-UR-000031	WN08-UR-000031_rule		Medium

Description
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities. Accounts with the "Log on as a service" user right are able to launch network services or register a process as a service on a system.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-WN08-UR-000031_chk )
Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. (See "Performing Analysis with the Security Configuration and Analysis Snap-in" in the STIG Overview document.) Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view. Navigate to Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment. If any accounts or groups are granted the "Log on as a service" user right, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-WN08-UR-000031_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Log on as a service" to be defined but containing no entries (blank).