Detections
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1.261 WN11-UR-000150

Information

The 'Profile single process' user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

GROUP ID: V-253504
RULE ID: SV-253504r958726

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

Accounts with the 'Profile single process' user right can monitor non-system processes performance. An attacker could potentially use this to identify processes to attack.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> 'Profile single process'

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-253504r958726_rule, STIG-ID|WN11-UR-000150, Vuln-ID|V-253504

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 03c0cad5093adafe824964d80be16825a2d3012080edccd90b285b02aa084f87