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Windows Server 2025 User Account Control (UAC) must automatically deny standard user requests for elevation.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-278235WN25-SO-000410SV-278235r1182197_ruleCCI-004895medium
Description
UAC is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting controls the behavior of elevation when requested by a standard user account. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157
STIGDate
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-20

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (7) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-02Secure Baseline Configurations
1.00
CRY-01Use of Cryptographic Controls
1.00
CRY-03Transmission Confidentiality
1.00
CRY-04Transmission Integrity
1.00
DCH-01Data Protection
1.00
END-09Trusted Path
1.00
IAC-21Least Privilege
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (7) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
IA-11Re-authentication
1.00
IA-5(13)Expiration of Cached Authenticators
1.00
SC-10Network Disconnect
1.00
SC-11Trusted Path
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-004895
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.DS-02
1.00
PR.DS-10
1.00

Who does this work

8 NICE work roles and 7 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-278235r1182197_chk)

UAC requirements are not applicable for Server Core installations (this is the default installation option for Windows Server 2025 versus Server with Desktop Experience). 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: ConsentPromptBehaviorUser Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000000 (0)

Fix Text (F-82670r1181410_fix)

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users to "Automatically deny elevation requests".