Unauthorized accounts must not have the Increase scheduling priority user right.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26492	WN08-UR-000027	SV-48538r2_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities. Accounts with the "Increase scheduling priority" user right can change a scheduling priority causing performance issues or a DoS.

STIG	Date
Windows 8 / 8.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-06-08

Details

Check Text ( C-45188r1_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 scheduling priority" user right, this is a finding: Administrators

Check Text ( C-45188r1_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 scheduling priority" user right, this is a finding:

Administrators

Fix Text (F-41660r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Increase scheduling priority" to only include the following accounts or groups: Administrators