SV-220732r958478: The Secondary Logon service must be disabled on Windows 10. | Microsoft Windows 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The Secondary Logon service must be disabled on Windows 10.

Description

Discussion Text

The Secondary Logon service provides a means for entering alternate credentials, typically used to run commands with elevated privileges. Using privileged credentials in a standard user session can expose those credentials to theft.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000381V-74719SV-89393

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 10 4072

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220732
# The Secondary Logon service must be disabled on Windows 10.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies the Secondary Logon service Startup Type is Disabled or the service is uninstalled.
# wmi57_object (wmi57_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((Get-CimInstance -Namespace 'root\cimv2' -Query 'SELECT startmode FROM Win32_Service WHERE name=''seclogon''' | Select-Object -First 1) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'startmode') -eq 'Disabled')
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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Syntax-checked as valid PowerShell. Not executed here — running it for real needs the actual ms_windows_10 target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220732
$service = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Service -Filter "Name='seclogon'" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($service -and $service.StartMode -eq 'Disabled') { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 }

Remediation

Configure the "Secondary Logon" service "Startup Type" to "Disabled".