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WN12-UR-000025 - 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 accounts or groups:

Administrators
Service
Local Service
Network Service

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_DC_V3R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-226389r877392_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-UR-000025, STIG-Legacy|SV-52117, STIG-Legacy|V-26490, Vuln-ID|V-226389

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: da90e81fc26ebaa1ffbc8cdc9e7d75e320bed9af2f4354bb52dd02690257c126