Anonymous access to the event logs is not restricted.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-1095	3.021	SV-1095r1_rule	ECTP-1	Medium

Description
By default, the Windows event logs may be viewed over the network by an anonymous user. This method of access over the network is communicating through the Server service which has SYSTEM access to the actual log files.

STIG	Date
Windows XP Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-08-22

Details

Check Text ( C-72r1_chk )
Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view. Navigate to Event Logs -> Settings for Event Logs. If the value for “Prevent local guests group from accessing application log” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding. If the value for “Prevent local guests group from accessing security log” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding. If the value for “Prevent local guests group from accessing system log” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-72r1_chk )

Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in.
Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view.
Navigate to Event Logs -> Settings for Event Logs.

If the value for “Prevent local guests group from accessing application log” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding.

If the value for “Prevent local guests group from accessing security log” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding.

If the value for “Prevent local guests group from accessing system log” is not set to “Enabled”, then this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-84r1_fix)
Configure the system to prevent guest access to the Event logs.