Detections
Analytics
WN25-UR-000020 - The Windows Server 2025 'Act as part of the operating system' user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.
Information
Inappropriately granting user rights provides system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.Accounts with the 'Act as part of the operating system' user right can assume the identity of any user and gain access to resources that the user is authorized to access. Any accounts with this right can take complete control of a system.
Solution
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> Act as part of the operating system to be defined but containing no entries (blank).See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2025_V1R1_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Microsoft Windows Server 2025 STIG v1r1
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CAT|I, CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-278242r1182209_rule, STIG-ID|WN25-UR-000020, Vuln-ID|V-278242
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: 77321ba240bdf49289b01acff24be355507b4da6479a6d495f610747434ed9e9