Windows Server 2025 users with administrative privileges must have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-277985 | WN25-00-000010 | SV-277985r1182240_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Using a privileged account to perform routine functions makes the computer vulnerable to malicious software inadvertently introduced during a session that has been granted full privileges. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-02-20 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-277985r1182240_chk)
Verify each user with administrative privileges has been assigned a unique administrative account separate from their standard user account.
If users with administrative privileges do not have separate accounts for administrative functions and standard user functions, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-82420r1180660_fix)
Ensure each user with administrative privileges has a separate account for user duties and one for privileged duties.