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Windows 2008 Domain Controller Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (178)
2017-07-28 CAT I (High): 21 CAT II (Med): 124 CAT III (Low): 33
STIG Description
The Windows 2008 Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements were developed from DoD consensus, as well as the Windows 2008 Security Guide and security templates published by Microsoft Corporation. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via e-mail to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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Findings (MAC III - Administrative Sensitive)

Finding ID Severity Title
V-34974 High The Windows Installer Always install with elevated privileges must be disabled.
V-26070 High Standard user accounts must only have Read permissions to the Winlogon registry key.
V-1081 High Local volumes are not formatted using NTFS.
V-8316 High Active Directory data files must have proper access control permissions.
V-6834 High Named Pipes and Shares can be accessed anonymously.
V-18010 High Unapproved Users have access to Debug programs.
V-1152 High Anonymous access to the registry must be restricted.
V-1153 High The Send download LanMan compatible password option is not set to Send NTLMv2 response only\refuse LM.
V-2374 High The system is configured to autoplay removable media.
V-1093 High Anonymous shares are not restricted.
V-1073 High Systems must be at supported service packs (SP) or releases levels.
V-3338 High Unauthorized named pipes are accessible with anonymous credentials.
V-3339 High Unauthorized registry paths are remotely accessible.
V-12780 High The Synchronize directory service data user right must be configured to include no accounts or groups (blank).
V-3343 High Solicited Remote Assistance is allowed.
V-3340 High Unauthorized shares can be accessed anonymously.
V-3344 High The use of local accounts with blank passwords is not restricted to console logons only.
V-4443 High Unauthorized registry paths and sub-paths are remotely accessible.
V-1102 High Unauthorized users are granted right to Act as part of the operating system.
V-17900 High Disallow AutoPlay/Autorun from Autorun.inf
V-3379 High The system is configured to store the LAN Manager hash of the password in the SAM.
V-15505 Medium The HBSS McAfee Agent must be installed.
V-3383 Medium The system is not configured to use FIPS compliant Algorithms for Encryption, Hashing, and Signing.
V-3381 Medium The system is not configured to recommended LDAP client signing requirements.
V-1171 Medium Ejection of removable NTFS media is not restricted to Administrators.
V-26600 Medium The Fax service must be disabled if installed.
V-26602 Medium The Microsoft FTP service must not be installed unless required.
V-3469 Medium The system is configured to prevent background refresh of Group Policy.
V-26604 Medium The Peer Networking Identity Manager service must be disabled if installed.
V-26605 Medium The Simple TCP/IP Services service must be disabled if installed.
V-26606 Medium The Telnet service must be disabled if installed.
V-15721 Medium Windows Mail – Disable Application
V-15722 Medium Media DRM – Internet Access
V-16000 Medium Terminal Services – Smart Card Device Redirection Enabled (Terminal Server Role).
V-16008 Medium UAC - Application Elevations
V-1164 Medium Outgoing secure channel traffic is not signed when possible.
V-1166 Medium The Windows SMB client is not enabled to perform SMB packet signing when possible.
V-3378 Medium The system is not configured to use the Classic security model.
V-1163 Medium Outgoing secure channel traffic is not encrypted when possible.
V-1162 Medium The Windows SMB server is not enabled to perform SMB packet signing when possible.
V-3470 Medium The system is configured to allow unsolicited remote assistance offers.
V-3385 Medium The system must be configured to require case insensitivity for non-Windows subsystems.
V-1089 Medium The required legal notice must be configured to display before console logon.
V-3479 Medium The system is not configured to use Safe DLL Search Mode.
V-6850 Medium Auditing records must be configured as required.
V-15697 Medium Network – Responder Driver
V-15696 Medium Network – Mapper I/O Driver
V-6836 Medium For systems utilizing a logon ID as the individual identifier, passwords must be a minimum of 14 characters in length.
V-6832 Medium The Windows Server SMB client is not enabled to always perform SMB packet signing.
V-6833 Medium The Windows Server SMB server is not enabled to always perform SMB packet signing.
V-6831 Medium Outgoing secure channel traffic is not encrypted or signed.
V-14261 Medium Windows is prevented from using Windows Update to search for drivers.
V-14260 Medium Computer prevented from downloading print driver packages over HTTP.
V-1150 Medium The built-in Windows password complexity policy must be enabled.
V-1154 Medium Ctrl+Alt+Del security attention sequence is Disabled.
V-1155 Medium The Deny access to this computer from the network user right on domain controllers must be configured to prevent unauthenticated access.
V-1157 Medium The Smart Card removal option is set to take no action.
V-1099 Medium Windows 2008 account lockout duration must be configured to 15 minutes or greater.
V-1098 Medium The reset period for the account lockout counter must be configured to 15 minutes or greater on Windows 2008.
V-2373 Medium The Server Operators group must have the ability to schedule jobs by means of the AT command disabled.
V-2372 Medium Reversible password encryption is not disabled.
V-2377 Medium The Kerberos service ticket maximum lifetime must be limited to 600 minutes or less.
V-2376 Medium Kerberos user logon restrictions must be enforced.
V-2379 Medium The Kerberos user ticket renewal maximum lifetime must be limited to 7 days or less.
V-3349 Medium Windows Messenger (MSN Messenger, .NET messenger) is run at system startup.
V-1097 Medium Number of allowed bad-logon attempts does not meet minimum requirements.
V-3382 Medium The system is not configured to meet the minimum requirement for session security for NTLM SSP based Clients.
V-3372 Medium The system can be removed from the docking station without logging on first.
V-15991 Medium UAC - Allow UIAccess applications to prompt for elevation without using the secure desktop
V-3376 Medium The system is configured to permit storage of credentials or .NET Passports.
V-15997 Medium Terminal Services – Prevent COM Port Redirection (Terminal Server Role).
V-3374 Medium The system is not configured to require a strong session key.
V-15998 Medium Terminal Services – Prevent LPT Port Redirection (Terminal Server Role).
V-15999 Medium Terminal Services – Prevent Plug and Play Device Redirection (Terminal Server Role).
V-15682 Medium Attachments must be prevented from being downloaded from RSS feeds.
V-15683 Medium Windows Explorer – Shell Protocol Protected Mode
V-1145 Medium Automatic logons must be disabled.
V-1141 Medium Unencrypted passwords must not be sent to third-party SMB Servers.
V-15685 Medium Windows Installer – User Control
V-3456 Medium Terminal Services is not configured to delete temporary folders (Terminal Server Role).
V-3455 Medium Terminal Services is configured to use a common temporary folder for all sessions (Terminal Server Role).
V-3454 Medium Terminal Services is not configured with the client connection encryption set to the required level.
V-4407 Medium Domain Controllers must require LDAP signing.
V-1130 Medium ACLs for system files and directories do not conform to minimum requirements.
V-26483 Medium The Deny log on as a batch job user right on domain controllers must be configured to prevent unauthenticated access.
V-15679 Medium Windows Movie Maker Online Hosting
V-15678 Medium Windows Movie Maker Web Links
V-15677 Medium Windows Movie Maker Codec Downloads
V-15674 Medium Disable Internet File Association Service
V-14241 Medium User Account Control - Switch to secure desktop
V-14240 Medium User Account Control - Run all admins in Admin Approval Mode
V-14243 Medium Administrator accounts must not be enumerated during elevation.
V-14242 Medium User Account Control - Non UAC Compliant Application Virtualization
V-14247 Medium Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Service - Prevent password saving in the Remote Desktop Client
V-14249 Medium Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Services - Local drives prevented from sharing with Terminal Servers (Terminal Server Role).
V-73523 Medium The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the SMB client.
V-1115 Medium The built-in administrator account has not been renamed.
V-3480 Medium Media Player must be configured to prevent automatic checking for updates.
V-15699 Medium Network – Windows Connect Now Wizards
V-15666 Medium Windows Peer to Peer Networking
V-15667 Medium Prohibit Network Bridge in Windows
V-15698 Medium Network – Windows Connect Now Wireless Configuration
V-1114 Medium The built-in guest account has not been renamed.
V-14258 Medium Search Companion prevented from automatically downloading content updates.
V-14259 Medium Prevent printing over HTTP.
V-14256 Medium Web Publishing and online ordering wizards prevented from downloading list of providers.
V-14257 Medium Windows Messenger prevented from collecting anonymous information.
V-14255 Medium File and Folder Publish to Web option unavailable.
V-26486 Medium The Deny log on through Terminal Services user right on domain controllers must be configured to prevent unauthenticated access.
V-15684 Medium Windows Installer – IE Security Prompt
V-32274 Medium The DoD Interoperability Root CA cross-certificates must be installed in the Untrusted Certificates Store on unclassified systems.
V-32272 Medium The DoD Root CA certificates must be installed in the Trusted Root Store.
V-15823 Medium Remove Software Certificate Installation Files
V-3348 Medium The user is allowed to launch Windows Messenger (MSN Messenger, .NET Messenger).
V-2380 Medium The computer clock synchronization tolerance must be limited to 5 minutes or less.
V-1118 Medium Windows event log sizes must meet minimum requirements.
V-4448 Medium Group Policy objects are not reprocessed if they have not changed.
V-4447 Medium The Terminal Server does not require secure RPC communication (Terminal Server Role).
V-4446 Medium Software certificate restriction policies are not enforced.
V-14229 Medium Audit of Backup and Restore Privileges is not turned off.
V-14228 Medium Auditing Access of Global System Objects must be turned off.
V-73519 Medium The Server Message Block (SMB) v1 protocol must be disabled on the SMB server.
V-3666 Medium The system is not configured to meet the minimum requirement for session security for NTLM SSP based Servers.
V-16020 Medium Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled.
V-1103 Medium User rights assignments must meet minimum requirements.
V-1107 Medium The password history must be configured to 24 passwords remembered.
V-1105 Medium Minimum password age does not meet minimum requirements.
V-1104 Medium Maximum password age does not meet minimum requirements.
V-4444 Medium Users must be required to enter a password to access private keys stored on the computer.
V-14239 Medium User Account Control - Elevate UIAccess applications that are in secure locations
V-14230 Medium Audit policy using subcategories is enabled.
V-14234 Medium User Account Control - Built In Admin Approval Mode
V-14235 Medium User Account Control must, at minimum, prompt administrators for consent.
V-14236 Medium User Account Control - Behavior of elevation prompt for standard users.
V-14237 Medium User Account Control - Detect Application Installations
V-3449 Medium Terminal Services is not configured to limit users to one remote session (Terminal Server Role)
V-1113 Medium The built-in guest account is not disabled.
V-26484 Medium The Deny log on as a service user right must be configured to include no accounts or groups (blank).
V-26485 Medium The Deny log on locally user right on domain controllers must be configured to prevent unauthenticated access.
V-15710 Medium Online Assistance – Untrusted Content
V-15711 Medium Search – Encrypted Files Indexing
V-15713 Medium Defender – SpyNet Reporting
V-3377 Medium The system is configured to give anonymous users Everyone rights.
V-2378 Medium The Kerberos user ticket lifetime must be limited to 10 hours or less.
V-40237 Medium The US DoD CCEB Interoperability Root CA cross-certificate must be installed in the Untrusted Certificates Store on unclassified systems.
V-1075 Low The system allows shutdown from the logon dialog box.
V-1174 Low The amount of idle time required before suspending a session must be properly set.
V-1173 Low The default permissions of Global system objects are not increased.
V-15720 Low Windows Mail – Communities
V-16001 Low Terminal Services – Default Only Client Printer Redirection (Terminal Server Role).
V-1165 Low The computer account password is prevented from being reset.
V-11806 Low The system is configured to allow the display of the last user name on the logon screen.
V-1151 Low Print driver installation privilege is not restricted to administrators.
V-1090 Low Caching of logon credentials must be limited.
V-3373 Low The maximum age for machine account passwords is not set to requirements.
V-26359 Low The Windows dialog box title for the legal banner must be configured.
V-15686 Low Windows Installer – Vendor Signed Updates
V-15687 Low Media Player – First Use Dialog Boxes
V-4408 Low The domain controller must be configured to allow reset of machine account passwords.
V-1136 Low Users must be forcibly disconnected when their logon hours expire.
V-15676 Low Order Prints Online
V-15675 Low Windows Registration Wizard
V-15673 Low Internet Connection Wizard ISP Downloads
V-15672 Low Event Viewer Events.asp links must be turned off.
V-1172 Low Users are not warned in advance that their passwords will expire.
V-4438 Low The system must limit how many times unacknowledged TCP data is retransmitted.
V-4111 Low The system is configured to redirect ICMP.
V-4110 Low The system is configured to allow IP source routing.
V-4108 Low The system must generate an audit event when the audit log reaches a percentage of full threshold.
V-4445 Low Optional Subsystems are permitted to operate on the system.
V-4112 Low The system is configured to detect and configure default gateway addresses.
V-4116 Low The system must be configured to ignore NetBIOS name release requests except from WINS servers.
V-4442 Low This check verifies that Windows is configured to have password protection take effect within a limited time frame when the screen saver becomes active.
V-15703 Low Driver Install – Device Driver Search Prompt
V-4113 Low The system is configured for a greater keep-alive time than recommended.
V-15707 Low Remote Assistance – Session Logging
V-14232 Low IPSec Exemptions are limited.
V-15718 Low Windows Explorer – Heap Termination