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Unauthorized accounts must not have the Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller user right.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-26469 WN12-UR-000001 SV-53120r1_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with the "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right may be able to retrieve the credentials of other accounts from Credential Manager.
STIG Date
Windows Server 2012 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2014-01-07

Details

Check Text ( C-47426r1_chk )
Verify the effective setting in Local Group Policy Editor.
Run "gpedit.msc".

Navigate to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment.

If any accounts or groups are granted the "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-46046r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" to be defined but containing no entries (blank).