WN12-SV-000105 - The Telnet service must be disabled if installed.

Information

Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authentication or encryption.

Solution

Remove or disable the Telnet (tlntsvr) service.

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

Audit Name: DISA Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 MS STIG v3r7

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000382, Rule-ID|SV-225532r569185_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-SV-000105, STIG-Legacy|SV-52240, STIG-Legacy|V-26606, Vuln-ID|V-225532

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: cf6f3530b6507512cb30abe405c713033d167c903f75f390112ba4c9ae885043