Detections
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1.262 WN16-UR-000200

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-225080
RULE ID: SV-225080r958726

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 denial of service.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> 'Force shutdown from a remote system' to include only the following accounts or groups:

 - Administrators

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23093

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-225080r958726_rule, STIG-ID|WN16-UR-000200, Vuln-ID|V-225080

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 848d6115eec226fbc28ecbf50e28ad9ad4f3b29b7c202f599f6e56df41bfbd9b