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.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26483	WINUR-000018	SV-47109r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities. The "Deny logon as a batch job" right defines accounts that are prevented from logging on to the system as a batch job, such as Task Scheduler. In an Active Directory Domain, denying logons to the Enterprise Admins and Domain Admins groups on lower trust systems helps mitigate the risk of privilege escalation from credential theft attacks which could lead to the compromise of an entire domain. The Guests group and Support_388945a0 account must be assigned to prevent unauthenticated access.

Description

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities. The "Deny logon as a batch job" right defines accounts that are prevented from logging on to the system as a batch job, such as Task Scheduler. In an Active Directory Domain, denying logons to the Enterprise Admins and Domain Admins groups on lower trust systems helps mitigate the risk of privilege escalation from credential theft attacks which could lead to the compromise of an entire domain. The Guests group and Support_388945a0 account must be assigned to prevent unauthenticated access.

STIG	Date
Windows XP Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-01-06

Details

Check Text ( C-44703r4_chk )
Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view. Navigate to Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment. If the following accounts or groups are not defined for the "Deny logon as a batch job" right, this is a finding. Domain Systems Only: Enterprise Admins Group Domain Admins Group All Systems: Guests Group Support_388945a0

Check Text ( C-44703r4_chk )

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

If the following accounts or groups are not defined for the "Deny logon as a batch job" right, this is a finding.

Domain Systems Only:
Enterprise Admins Group
Domain Admins Group

All Systems:
Guests Group
Support_388945a0

Fix Text (F-41003r4_fix)
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Deny logon as a batch job" to include the following. Domain Systems Only: Enterprise Admins Group Domain Admins Group All Systems: Guests Group Support_388945a0