Unauthorized accounts must not have the Perform volume maintenance tasks user right.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26499	WN08-UR-000035	SV-48518r2_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
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 disk configurations. They could potentially delete volumes, resulting in, data loss or a DoS.

STIG	Date
Windows 8/8.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-05-17

Details

Check Text ( C-45169r1_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 "Perform volume maintenance tasks" user right, this is a finding: Administrators

Check Text ( C-45169r1_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 "Perform volume maintenance tasks" user right, this is a finding:

Administrators

Fix Text (F-41641r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Perform volume maintenance tasks" to only include the following accounts or groups: Administrators