Detections
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1.231 WN11-SO-000270

Information

User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC.

GROUP ID: V-253474
RULE ID: SV-253474r1051059

User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting enables UAC.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> 'User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode'

to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27756

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-11, CCI|CCI-002038, Rule-ID|SV-253474r1051059_rule, STIG-ID|WN11-SO-000270, Vuln-ID|V-253474

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: b1f1459594e1f43bb4e4c310530b5799112215dd858f814c6803801d33dad0b7