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WN10-UR-000110 - The 'Impersonate a client after authentication' user right must only be assigned to Administrators, Service, Local Service, and Network Service.

Information

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

The 'Impersonate a client after authentication' user right allows a program to impersonate another user or account to run on their behalf. An attacker could potentially use this to elevate privileges.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> 'Impersonate a client after authentication' to only include the following groups or accounts:

Administrators
LOCAL SERVICE
NETWORK SERVICE
SERVICE

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_10_V3R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-220975r1138519_rule, STIG-ID|WN10-UR-000110, Vuln-ID|V-220975

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: de00800bef0d66c113bda7d82bec4f17449059f4d6df574d5be08aebb074db6d