Local drives will be prevented from sharing with Remote Desktop Session Hosts (Remote Desktop Services Role).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-14249	5.118	SV-32497r2_rule		Medium

Description
This check verifies that the system is configured to prevent users from sharing the local drives on their client computers to Remote Desktop Session Hosts that they access.

STIG	Date
Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-06-18

Details

Check Text ( C-11595r1_chk )
If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\ Value Name: fDisableCdm Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text (F-28884r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Device and Resource Redirection “Do not allow drive redirection” to “Enabled”.