WN12-SO-000083 - User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC.

Information

User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting enables UAC.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00158

Solution

UAC requirements are NA on Server Core installations.

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> 'User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode' to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_MS_V3R7_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-11, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002038, Rule-ID|SV-225521r852263_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-SO-000083, STIG-Legacy|SV-52951, STIG-Legacy|V-14240, Vuln-ID|V-225521

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 1fba43df87c2da380b3a8aa672fc74c05016603f2e83ed65091b28efaff3e902