WN12-UR-000012 - The Create a token object user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.

Information

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.

The 'Create a token object' user right allows a process to create an access token. This could be used to provide elevated rights and compromise a system.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> 'Create a token object' to be defined but containing no entries (blank).

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_MS_V3R7_STIG.zip