Detections
Analytics

1.272 WN22-UR-000190

Information

Windows Server 2022 perform volume maintenance tasks user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

GROUP ID: V-254509
RULE ID: SV-254509r958726

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

Accounts with the 'Perform volume maintenance tasks' user right can manage volume and disk configurations. This could be used to delete volumes, resulting in data loss or a denial of service.

Solution

Configure the policy value for

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> Perform volume maintenance tasks

to include only the following accounts or groups:

 - Administrators

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22357

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-254509r958726_rule, STIG-ID|WN22-UR-000190, Vuln-ID|V-254509

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 52aa96f4250414efd7ae81d11206841b892b0e8a181f19bc230a4f68d0c7d762