WN16-SO-000290 - Windows Server 2016 must be configured to prevent anonymous users from having the same permissions as the Everyone group.

Information

Access by anonymous users must be restricted. If this setting is enabled, anonymous users have the same rights and permissions as the built-in Everyone group. Anonymous users must not have these permissions or rights.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> 'Network access: Let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users' to 'Disabled'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2016_V2R10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-225047r991589_rule, STIG-ID|WN16-SO-000290, STIG-Legacy|SV-88337, STIG-Legacy|V-73673, Vuln-ID|V-225047

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 36e925ca8c627c1257e50816390119d0e0a9e310068be7e349575dce5031c81e