The system is configured to give anonymous users Everyone rights.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-3377	3.071	SV-3377r1_rule	ECCD-1 ECCD-2 ECLP-1 ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This setting helps define the permissions that anonymous users have. If this setting is enabled then anonymous users have the same rights and permissions as the built-in Everyone group. Anonymous users should not have these permissions or rights.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-172r1_chk )
Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view. Navigate to Local Policies -> Security Options. If the value for “Network access: Let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users” is not set to “Disabled”, then this is a finding. The policy referenced configures the following registry value: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\ Value Name: EveryoneIncludesAnonymous Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

Check Text ( C-172r1_chk )

Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in.
Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view.
Navigate to Local Policies -> Security Options.

If the value for “Network access: Let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users” is not set to “Disabled”, then this is a finding.

The policy referenced configures the following registry value:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\

Value Name: EveryoneIncludesAnonymous

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Fix Text (F-133r1_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “Network access: Let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users” to “Disabled”.