Unauthorized accounts must not have the Create symbolic links user right.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26482	WINUR-000015	SV-33400r2_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with the "Create symbolic links" right can create pointers to other objects which could potentially expose the system to attack.

STIG	Date
Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-01-22

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-66015r2_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Create symbolic links" to only include the following accounts or groups: Administrators Systems that have the Hyper-V role will also have "Virtual Machines" given this user right. If this needs to be added manually, enter it as "NT Virtual Machine\Virtual Machines".

Fix Text (F-66015r2_fix)

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Create symbolic links" to only include the following accounts or groups:

Administrators

Systems that have the Hyper-V role will also have "Virtual Machines" given this user right. If this needs to be added manually, enter it as "NT Virtual Machine\Virtual Machines".