WN12-SO-000079 - User Account Control must automatically deny standard user requests for elevation.

Information

User Account Control (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-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: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users' to 'Automatically deny elevation requests'.

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-225517r852262_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-SO-000079, STIG-Legacy|SV-52948, STIG-Legacy|V-14236, Vuln-ID|V-225517

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 8221d2de40580d66a4f7353b06794d3ed498e714f650bedc98d72a1a8db0bf8f