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1.230 WN10-SO-000275

Information

User Account Control must virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations.

GROUP ID: V-220951RULE ID: SV-220951r958518

User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting configures non-UAC compliant applications to run in virtualized file and registry entries in per-user locations, allowing them to run.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> 'User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations'

to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23869

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-3, CCI|CCI-001084, Rule-ID|SV-220951r958518_rule, STIG-ID|WN10-SO-000275, Vuln-ID|V-220951

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 20e13dd3a12effb7cd380115019986da42787f04a75a80b106998bbcc8a6cf04