WN12-SO-000003 - The built-in guest account must be disabled.

Information

A system faces an increased vulnerability threat if the built-in guest account is not disabled. This account is a known account that exists on all Windows systems and cannot be deleted. This account is initialized during the installation of the operating system with no password assigned.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> 'Accounts: Guest account status' to 'Disabled'.

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-8, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000804, Rule-ID|SV-225448r569185_rule, STIG-ID|WN12-SO-000003, STIG-Legacy|SV-52855, STIG-Legacy|V-1113, Vuln-ID|V-225448

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 262c53194afd2ed29d3ff1d1778229942c5634a0e12477f2820c252b6794590b