Detections
Analytics
WN16-UR-000290 - The Profile single process user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
Information
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 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://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2016_V2R10_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG v2r10
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-225089r958726_rule, STIG-ID|WN16-UR-000290, STIG-Legacy|SV-88463, STIG-Legacy|V-73799, Vuln-ID|V-225089
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: dced2bfb7c5a5f74ae5ad280a15c420d161a37d09b973477f727e816c237a0f2