Detections
Analytics
WN12-UR-000023 - The Force shutdown from a remote system user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
Information
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.Accounts with the 'Force shutdown from a remote system' user right can remotely shut down a system, which could result in a DoS.
Solution
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> 'Force shutdown from a remote system' to only include the following accounts or groups:Administrators
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_MS_V3R7_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-225563r877392_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-UR-000023, STIG-Legacy|SV-53050, STIG-Legacy|V-26488, Vuln-ID|V-225563
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: faa2e19df1d70d8ab30768b451a0ce420fb8462f1bf92ddc3e080810d846aa05