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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26499	WN12-UR-000035	SV-53025r1_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 Server 2012 / 2012 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-07-09

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-45951r1_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