Detections
Analytics
WN12-UR-000035 - The Perform volume maintenance tasks 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 'Perform volume maintenance tasks' user right can manage volume and disk configurations. They could potentially delete volumes, resulting in data loss or a DoS.
Solution
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> 'Perform volume maintenance tasks' 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-225571r877392_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-UR-000035, STIG-Legacy|SV-53025, STIG-Legacy|V-26499, Vuln-ID|V-225571
Plugin: Windows
Control ID: fb6a6c91892dcb5d4769c3eab1dcf5cc6fa74b16bf7c5c05a010663ea7a0965d