Vulnerability V-254439

This applies to member servers and standalone or nondomain-joined systems. A separate version applies to domain controllers. Verify the effective setting in Local Group Policy Editor. Run "gpedit.msc". Navigate to Local Computer Policy >> Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment. If the following accounts or groups are not defined for the "Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services" user right, this is a finding: Domain Systems Only: - Enterprise Admins group - Domain Admins group - Local account (see Note below) All Systems: - Guests group For server core installations, run the following command: Secedit /Export /Areas User_Rights /cfg c:\path\filename.txt Review the text file. If the following SIDs are not defined for the "SeDenyRemoteInteractiveLogonRight" user right, this is a finding. Domain Systems Only: S-1-5-root domain-519 (Enterprise Admins) S-1-5-domain-512 (Domain Admins) S-1-5-113 ("Local account") All Systems: S-1-5-32-546 (Guests) Note: "Local account" is referring to the Windows built-in security group.

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services to include the following: Domain Systems Only: - Enterprise Admins group - Domain Admins group - Local account (see Note below) All Systems: - Guests group Note: "Local account" is referring to the Windows built-in security group.