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 | |||
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.