WN12-CC-000128 - The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not store RunAs credentials.

Information

Storage of administrative credentials could allow unauthorized access. Disallowing the storage of RunAs credentials for Windows Remote Management will prevent them from being used with plug-ins.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Remote Management (WinRM) -> WinRM Service -> 'Disallow WinRM from storing RunAs credentials' to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_DC_V3R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-11, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002038, Rule-ID|SV-226221r852118_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-CC-000128, STIG-Legacy|SV-51757, STIG-Legacy|V-36720, Vuln-ID|V-226221

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: b8f44b06275f61a07366fec347394ade1b7df4e81a0cacb37e9f71b94153bc85