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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-36659	WN08-00-000005-02	SV-48276r1_rule	ECLP-1	High

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	2013-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-44954r1_chk )
Verify 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.

Check Text ( C-44954r1_chk )

Verify 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.

Fix Text (F-41411r1_fix)
Ensure each user with administrative privilege has a separate account for user duties and one for privileged duties.