1.273 WN22-UR-000200

Information

Windows Server 2022 profile single process user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

GROUP ID: V-254510
RULE ID: SV-254510r958726

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

Accounts with the 'Profile single process' user right can monitor nonsystem processes performance. An attacker could 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 include only the following accounts or groups:

- Administrators

See Also

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