Unauthorized accounts must not have the Increase a process working set user right.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26491	WN08-UR-000026	SV-48537r2_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
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 process's working set, potentially causing performance issues or a DoS.

STIG	Date
Windows 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-01-07

Details

Check Text ( C-45641r1_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 other than the following are granted the "Increase a process working set" user right, this is a finding: Administrators Local Service Window Manager\Window Manager Group

Check Text ( C-45641r1_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 other than the following are granted the "Increase a process working set" user right, this is a finding:

Administrators
Local Service
Window Manager\Window Manager Group

Fix Text (F-42655r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Increase a process working set" to only include the following accounts or groups: Administrators Local Service Window Manager\Window Manager Group