Detections
Analytics
WN25-UR-000190 - The Windows Server 2025 'Perform volume maintenance tasks' user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
Information
Inappropriately granting user rights provides system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.Accounts with the 'Perform volume maintenance tasks' user right can manage volume and disk configurations. This could be used to delete volumes, resulting in data loss or a denial of service.
Solution
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> Perform volume maintenance tasks 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_2025_V1R4_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Microsoft Windows Server 2025 STIG v1r4
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-278259r1182227_rule, STIG-ID|WN25-UR-000190, Vuln-ID|V-278259
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: 89caf27544f3877cc14d8b5e408429b5aa315b3355172a3bf6d92a78b9baff63