SV-220965r958726: The Create permanent shared objects user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts. | Microsoft Windows 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The Create permanent shared objects user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.

Description

Discussion Text

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities. Accounts with the "Create permanent shared objects" user right could expose sensitive data by creating shared objects.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-002235V-63863SV-78353

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:220965
# The Create permanent shared objects user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# accesstoken_object (accesstoken_test)
function test_1 {
  return (($__tmp = "$env:TEMP\scc_userrights_$([guid]::NewGuid().Guid).cfg"; secedit /export /cfg $__tmp /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet | Out-Null; $__m = Select-String -Path $__tmp -Pattern '^SeCreatePermanentPrivilege\s*=\s*(.+)$'; Remove-Item $__tmp -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if ($__m -and $__m.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value.Trim().Length -gt 0) { '1' } else { '0' }) -eq '0')
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220965
$policy = Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PolEdit\LocalPolicies\UserRights\' -Name "Create permanent shared objects" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($policy -eq $null -or $policy.@() -eq $null -or $policy.@().Count -eq 0) { exit 0 } else { exit 1 }

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Create permanent shared objects" to be defined but containing no entries (blank).