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User Account Control must virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-14242 WN12-SO-000085 SV-52953r1_rule ECCD-1 ECCD-2 Medium
Description
User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting configures non-UAC-compliant applications to run in virtualized file and registry entries in per-user locations, allowing them to run.
STIG Date
Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2015-06-16

Details

Check Text ( C-47259r1_chk )
UAC requirements are NA on Server Core installations.

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\

Value Name: EnableVirtualization

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1
Fix Text (F-45879r2_fix)
UAC requirements are NA on Server Core installations.

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> "User Account Control: Virtualize file and registry write failures to per-user locations" to "Enabled".