Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller

Information

This setting is used by Credential Manager during Backup/Restore. No accounts should have this privilege, as it is only assigned to Winlogon. Users saved credentials might be compromised if this privilege is given to other entities.

Solution

Policy Path: User Rights Assignments
Policy Setting Name: Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller

See Also

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-baselines/security-baseline-sept2019update-for-windows-10-v1903-and/ba-p/890940

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(7)(b), CSCv6|5.1

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 628891bd28987bb8a9e08837b7dcdb64b2f8fa50dc4bcd1a906a928e44562aab