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Windows XP Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (211)
2014-01-06 CAT I (High): 32 CAT II (Med): 131 CAT III (Low): 48
STIG Description
The Windows XP Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements were developed from Federal and DoD consensus, as well as the Windows XP Security Guide and security templates published by Microsoft Corporation. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via e-mail to the following address: disa.letterkenny.FSO.mbx.stig-customer-support-mailbox@mail.mil.

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Findings (MAC III - Administrative Sensitive)

Finding ID Severity Title
V-1074 High An approved DOD virus scan program is not used and/or updated.
V-1073 High Systems must be at supported service packs (SP) or releases levels.
V-34974 High The Windows Installer Always install with elevated privileges must be disabled.
V-26070 High Standard user accounts will only have Read permissions to the Winlogon registry key.
V-2908 High Unencrypted remote access is permitted to system services.
V-1081 High Local volumes are not formatted using NTFS.
V-18010 High Unapproved Users have access to Debug programs.
V-1159 High The Recovery Console option is set to permit automatic logon to the system.
V-1152 High Anonymous access to the Registry is not restricted.
V-1153 High The Send download LanMan compatible password option is not set to Send NTLMv2 response only\refuse LM.
V-2374 High The system is configured to autoplay removable media.
V-32282 High Standard user accounts must only have Read permissions to the Active Setup\Installed Components registry key.
V-1093 High Anonymous shares are not restricted.
V-1140 High Users with Administrative privilege are not documented or do not have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks.
V-1145 High Administrator automatic logon is enabled.
V-30037 High The Task Scheduler service must be disabled.
V-36451 High Policy must require that administrative user accounts not be used with applications that access the internet, such as web browsers, or with potential internet sources, such as email.
V-1121 High Installed FTP server is configured to allow access to the system drive.
V-1127 High Only administrators responsible for the system must have Administrator rights on the system.
V-3339 High Unauthorized registry paths are remotely accessible.
V-7002 High DOD information system access does not require the use of a password.
V-36664 High The system must not use removable media as the boot loader.
V-3343 High Solicited Remote Assistance is allowed.
V-3341 High Remote control of a Terminal Service session is allowed.
V-3340 High Unauthorized shares can be accessed anonymously.
V-3347 High Internet Information System (IIS) or its subcomponents are installed on a workstation.
V-3344 High The use of local accounts with blank passwords is not restricted to console logons only.
V-3338 High Unauthorized named pipes are accessible with anonymous credentials.
V-3337 High Anonymous SID/Name translation is allowed.
V-1102 High Unauthorized users are granted right to Act as part of the operating system.
V-17900 High Disallow AutoPlay/Autorun from Autorun.inf
V-3379 High The system is configured to store the LAN Manager hash of the password in the SAM.
V-1077 Medium ACLs for event logs do not conform to minimum requirements.
V-1072 Medium Shared user accounts are permitted on the system.
V-1070 Medium Physical security of the Automated Information System (AIS) does not meet DISA requirements.
V-26486 Medium The Deny logon through Terminal Services user right on workstations must prevent all access if TS is not used by the organization. If TS is used, it must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local administrator accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems.
V-3384 Medium The system is not configured to make the object creator the owner of objects created by administrators.
V-3381 Medium The system is not configured to recommended LDAP client signing requirements.
V-1171 Medium Ejection of removable NTFS media is not restricted to Administrators.
V-39137 Medium The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) must be installed on the system.
V-3460 Medium Terminal Services is not configured to disconnect clients when time limits are exceeded.
V-3469 Medium The system is configured to prevent background refresh of Group Policy.
V-1139 Medium The option to prevent the password in dial-up networking from being saved is not enabled.
V-1168 Medium Members of the Backup Operators group do not have separate accounts for backup duties and normal operational tasks.
V-1164 Medium Outgoing secure channel traffic is not signed when possible.
V-1166 Medium The Windows SMB client is not enabled to perform SMB packet signing when possible.
V-1163 Medium Outgoing secure channel traffic is not encrypted when possible.
V-1162 Medium The Windows SMB server is not enabled to perform SMB packet signing when possible.
V-3471 Medium The system is configured to automatically forward error information.
V-3470 Medium The system is configured to allow unsolicited remote assistance offers.
V-1088 Medium Registry key auditing configuration does not meet minimum requirements.
V-1089 Medium The required legal notice must be configured to display before console logon.
V-3479 Medium The system is not configured to use Safe DLL Search Mode.
V-1083 Medium POSIX subsystem registry key exists.
V-1080 Medium File-auditing configuration does not meet minimum requirements.
V-36704 Medium The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) Protection Profile for All (V3.0) or Popular Software (V4.0) must be implemented.
V-3478 Medium The system is configured to allow installation of printers using kernel-mode drivers.
V-6850 Medium Auditing records are configured as required.
V-6836 Medium For systems utilizing a logon ID as the individual identifier, passwords are not at a minimum of 14-characters.
V-6832 Medium The Windows Server SMB client is not enabled to always perform SMB packet signing.
V-6833 Medium The Windows Server SMB server is not enabled to always perform SMB packet signing.
V-6830 Medium DCOM calls are not executed under the security context of the calling user.
V-6831 Medium Outgoing secure channel traffic is not encrypted or signed.
V-14262 Medium IPv6 will be disabled until a deliberate transition strategy has been implemented.
V-14261 Medium Windows is prevented from using Windows Update to search for drivers.
V-14260 Medium Computer prevented from downloading print driver packages over HTTP.
V-1154 Medium Ctrl+Alt+Del security attention sequence is Disabled.
V-1155 Medium The Deny access to this computer from the network user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and local administrator accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems.
V-14269 Medium Hide mechanism for removing Zone information from file attachments.
V-1157 Medium The Smart Card removal option is set to take no action.
V-1099 Medium Lockout duration does not meet minimum requirements.
V-1098 Medium Time before bad-logon counter is reset does not meet minimum requirements.
V-2372 Medium Reversible password encryption is not disabled.
V-2375 Medium Specified groups are not restricted.
V-3383 Medium The system is not configured to use FIPS compliant Algorithms for Encryption, Hashing, and Signing.
V-1095 Medium Anonymous access to the event logs is not restricted.
V-1097 Medium Number of allowed bad-logon attempts does not meet minimum requirements.
V-3382 Medium The system is not configured to meet the minimum requirement for session security for NTLM SSP based Clients.
V-42420 Medium A host-based firewall must be installed and enabled on the system.
V-3348 Medium The user is allowed to launch Windows Messenger (MSN Messenger, .NET Messenger).
V-3376 Medium The system is configured to permit storage of credentials or .NET Passports.
V-3377 Medium The system is configured to give anonymous users Everyone rights.
V-3374 Medium The system is not configured to require a strong session key.
V-3378 Medium The system is not configured to use the Classic security model.
V-3380 Medium The system is not configured to force users to log off when their allowed logon hours expire.
V-15682 Medium RSS Attachment Downloads
V-15683 Medium Windows Explorer – Shell Protocol Protected Mode
V-1141 Medium Unencrypted password is sent to 3rd party SMB Server.
V-15685 Medium Windows Installer – User Control
V-6825 Medium A Windows system has an incorrect default DCOM authorization level.
V-14267 Medium A password will be required on resume from hibernate/suspend.
V-6826 Medium A Windows system has a writable DCOM configuration.
V-14270 Medium Notify antivirus when file attachments are opened.
V-14271 Medium Application account passwords length and change requirement
V-3459 Medium Terminal Services is not configured to allow only the original client to reconnect.
V-3458 Medium Terminal Services idle session time limit does not meet the requirement.
V-3453 Medium Terminal Services is not configured to always prompt a client for passwords upon connection.
V-3457 Medium Terminal Services is not configured to set a time limit for disconnected sessions.
V-3456 Medium Terminal Services is not configured to delete temporary folders.
V-3455 Medium Terminal Services is configured to use a common temporary folder for all sessions.
V-3454 Medium Terminal Services is not configured with the client connection encryption set to the required level.
V-15823 Medium Remove Software Certificate Installation Files
V-3369 Medium Restricted accounts are not disabled.
V-1130 Medium ACLs for system files and directories do not conform to minimum requirements.
V-1131 Medium A password filter that enforces DoD requirements is not installed.
V-1137 Medium An Auditors group has not been created to restrict access to the Windows Event Logs.
V-15679 Medium Windows Movie Maker Online Hosting
V-15677 Medium Windows Movie Maker Codec Downloads
V-15674 Medium Disable Internet File Association Service
V-15678 Medium Windows Movie Maker Web Links
V-14247 Medium Terminal Services - Prevent password saving in the Remote Desktop Client
V-1119 Medium Booting into alternate operating systems is permitted.
V-1114 Medium The built-in guest account has not been renamed.
V-6840 Medium To the extent system capabilities permit, system mechanisms are not implemented to enforce automatic expiration of passwords and to prevent reuse.
V-1115 Medium The built-in administrator account has not been renamed.
V-3426 Medium The system is configured to allow remote desktop sharing through NetMeeting.
V-1120 Medium Installed FTP server is configured to allow prohibited logins.
V-1122 Medium The system configuration is not set with a password-protected screen saver.
V-15669 Medium Prohibit Internet Connection Sharing
V-4107 Medium Windows operating systems that are no longer supported by the vendor for security updates must not be installed on a system.
V-14258 Medium Search Companion will be prevented from automatically downloading content updates.
V-14259 Medium Prevent printing over HTTP.
V-14256 Medium Web Publishing and online ordering wizards prevented from downloading list of providers.
V-14257 Medium Windows Messenger prevented from collecting anonymous information.
V-14254 Medium Client computers required to authenticate for RPC communication.
V-14255 Medium File and Folder Publish to Web option unavailable.
V-14253 Medium Restrict unauthenticated RPC clients.
V-15684 Medium Windows Installer – IE Security Prompt
V-3828 Medium Security-related Software Patches are not applied.
V-32274 Medium The DoD Interoperability Root CA 1 to DoD Root CA 2 cross certificate must be installed.
V-26485 Medium The Deny logon locally user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems.
V-32272 Medium The DoD Root Certificate must be installed.
V-32273 Medium The External CA Root Certificate must be installed.
V-3349 Medium Windows Messenger (MSN Messenger, .NET messenger) is run at system startup.
V-36663 Medium System BIOS or system controllers must have administrator accounts/passwords configured.
V-40195 Medium System BIOS or system controllers must not allow user-level access.
V-3480 Medium Media Player must be configured to prevent automatic checking for updates.
V-1118 Medium Event log sizes do not meet minimum requirements.
V-4448 Medium Group Policy objects are not reprocessed if they have not changed.
V-3481 Medium Media Player is configured to allow automatic CODEC downloads.
V-4447 Medium The Terminal Server does not require secure RPC communication.
V-14229 Medium Audit of Backup and Restore Privileges is not turned off.
V-14228 Medium Auditing Access of Global System Objects must be turned off.
V-3385 Medium The system is configured to allow case insensitivity.
V-14225 Medium Administrator Passwords are changed when necessary.
V-3487 Medium Unnecessary services are not disabled.
V-14224 Medium The system does not have a backup administrator account
V-15666 Medium Windows Peer to Peer Networking
V-2371 Medium ACLs for disabled services do not conform to minimum standards.
V-15667 Medium Prohibit Network Bridge in Windows
V-3666 Medium The system is not configured to meet the minimum requirement for session security for NTLM SSP based Servers.
V-1103 Medium User rights and advanced user rights settings do not meet minimum requirements.
V-3245 Medium File share ACLs have not been reconfigured to remove the Everyone group.
V-1107 Medium Password uniqueness does not meet minimum requirements.
V-1105 Medium Minimum password age does not meet minimum requirements.
V-1104 Medium Maximum password age does not meet minimum requirements.
V-15505 Medium The HBSS McAfee Agent is not installed.
V-26483 Medium The Deny logon as a batch job user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems and unauthenticated access on all systems.
V-1113 Medium The built-in guest account is not disabled.
V-26484 Medium The Deny logon as a service user right on workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts on domain systems. No other groups or accounts must be assigned this right.
V-36705 Medium The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) system-wide Data Execution Prevention (DEP) must be enabled and configured to at least Application Opt Out.
V-14268 Medium Preserve Zone information when saving attachments.
V-40237 Medium The US DoD CCEB Interoperability Root CA 1 to DoD Root CA 2 cross-certificate must be installed into the Untrusted Certificates Store.
V-1076 Low System information backups are not created, updated, and protected according to DISA requirements.
V-1075 Low The system allows shutdown from the logon dialog box.
V-1174 Low Amount of idle time required before suspending a session is improperly set.
V-1172 Low Users are not warned in advance that their passwords will expire.
V-1173 Low The default permissions of Global system objects are not increased.
V-3375 Low Domain Controller authentication is not required to unlock the workstation.
V-3472 Low The system is configured to use an unauthorized time server.
V-1165 Low The computer account password is prevented from being reset.
V-1160 Low The unsigned driver installation behavior is improperly set.
V-1084 Low System pagefile is cleared upon shutdown.
V-1085 Low Floppy media devices are not allocated upon user logon.
V-1150 Low The built-in Microsoft password filter is not enabled.
V-1151 Low Print driver installation privilege is not restricted to administrators.
V-1091 Low System halts once an event log has reached its maximum size.
V-3373 Low The maximum age for machine account passwords is not set to requirements.
V-26359 Low The Windows dialog box title for the legal banner must be configured.
V-15686 Low Windows Installer – Vendor Signed Updates
V-15687 Low Media Player – First Use Dialog Boxes
V-1148 Low Local users exist on a workstation in a domain.
V-3363 Low Microsoft Zone Internet Games are installed on the system.
V-3364 Low MSN Explorer software is installed on the system.
V-1136 Low Users are not forcibly disconnected when logon hours expire.
V-1135 Low Printer share permissions are not configured as recommended.
V-15676 Low Order Prints Online
V-15675 Low Windows Registration Wizard
V-15673 Low Internet Connection Wizard ISP Downloads
V-15672 Low Event Viewer Events.asp Links
V-15671 Low Root Certificates Update
V-15670 Low Error Reporting - Display Error Notification
V-15680 Low Classic Logon
V-4438 Low TCP data retransmissions are not controlled.
V-4437 Low TCP connection response retransmissions are not controlled.
V-4111 Low The system is configured to redirect ICMP.
V-4108 Low The system does not generate an audit event when the audit log reaches a percent full threshold.
V-1128 Low Security Configuration Tools are not being used to configure platforms for security compliance.
V-11806 Low The system is configured to allow the display of the last user name on the logon screen.
V-1158 Low The Recovery Console SET command is enabled.
V-4113 Low The system is configured for a greater keep-alive time than recommended.
V-4112 Low The system is configured to detect and configure default gateway addresses.
V-4110 Low The system is configured to allow IP source routing.
V-4117 Low The system is configured to allow SYN attacks.
V-4116 Low The system is configured to allow name-release attacks.
V-1112 Low User account is dormant.
V-4442 Low This check verifies that Windows is configured to have password protection take effect within a limited time frame when the screen saver becomes active.
V-4109 Low The system is configured to allow dead gateway detection.
V-16047 Low Built-in Admin Account Status
V-17373 Low Secure Removable Media – CD-ROM
V-1090 Low Caching of logon credentials is not limited.