Unauthorized accounts must not have the Profile single process user right.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26500	WN08-UR-000036	SV-48517r2_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities. Accounts with the "Profile single process" user right can monitor non-system processes performance. An attacker could potentially use this to identify processes to attack.

STIG	Date
Windows 8 / 8.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-03-09

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-41640r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Profile single process" to only include the following accounts or groups: Administrators