The Profile single process user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-73799	WN16-UR-000290	SV-88463r2_rule		Medium

Description
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with the "Profile single process" user right can monitor non-system processes performance. An attacker could use this to identify processes to attack.

STIG	Date
Windows Server 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-06-16

Details

Check Text ( C-91531r1_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 other than the following are granted the "Profile single process" user right, this is a finding. - Administrators For server core installations, run the following command: Secedit /Export /Areas User_Rights /cfg c:\path\filename.txt Review the text file. If any SIDs other than the following are granted the "SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege" user right, this is a finding. S-1-5-32-544 (Administrators)

Fix Text (F-80249r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Profile single process" to include only the following accounts or groups: - Administrators