Detections
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1.254 WN11-UR-000100

Information

The 'Force shutdown from a remote system' user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

GROUP ID: V-253497
RULE ID: SV-253497r958726

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.

Accounts with the 'Force shutdown from a remote system' user right can remotely shut down a system which could result in a DoS.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> 'Force shutdown from a remote system'

to only include the following groups or accounts:

Administrators

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-253497r958726_rule, STIG-ID|WN11-UR-000100, Vuln-ID|V-253497

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 6983ec0758a682d6e03a08111450585537f506a856442fef4fe22873e82cfbce