SV-220969r1137691: The "Deny log on as a batch job" user right on domain-joined workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts. | Microsoft Windows 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The "Deny log on as a batch job" user right on domain-joined workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts.

Description

Discussion Text

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny log on as a batch job" right defines accounts that are prevented from logging on to the system as a batch job, such as Task Scheduler. In an Active Directory Domain, denying logons to the Enterprise Admins and Domain Admins groups on lower-trust systems helps mitigate the risk of privilege escalation from credential theft attacks that could lead to the compromise of an entire domain.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000213SV-78363V-63873

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:220969
# The "Deny log on as a batch job" user right on domain-joined workstations must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain 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 $__tmp -Pattern '^SeDenyBatchLogonRight\s*=\s*(.+)$'; Remove-Item $__tmp -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if ($__m -and $__m.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value.Trim().Length -gt 0) { '1' } else { '0' }) -eq '1')
}
# accesstoken_object (accesstoken_test)
function test_2 {
  return (($__tmp = "$env:TEMP\scc_userrights_$([guid]::NewGuid().Guid).cfg"; secedit /export /cfg $__tmp /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet | Out-Null; $__m = Select-String -Path $__tmp -Pattern '^SeDenyBatchLogonRight\s*=\s*(.+)$'; Remove-Item $__tmp -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if ($__m -and $__m.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value.Trim().Length -gt 0) { '1' } else { '0' }) -eq '1')
}

if ((test_1 -and test_2)) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows10:def:220969
$compliant = $true
$domainAdmins = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_GroupUser -Filter "GroupComponent = 'Domain Admins'"
$enterpriseAdmins = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_GroupUser -Filter "GroupComponent = 'Enterprise Admins'"
if ($domainAdmins -and ($domainAdmins.GroupReference.Name -like 'Domain Admins')) { $compliant = $compliant -and (-not (Get-LocalGroupMember -Group "Domain Admins" | Where-Object { $_.Group -eq "BATCH" })) }
if ($enterpriseAdmins -and ($enterpriseAdmins.GroupReference.Name -like 'Enterprise Admins')) { $compliant = $compliant -and (-not (Get-LocalGroupMember -Group "Enterprise Admins" | Where-Object { $_.Group -eq "BATCH" })) }
if ($compliant) { Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1 }

Remediation

This requirement is applicable to domain-joined systems. For standalone or nondomain-joined systems, this is NA.

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Deny log on as a batch job" to include the following:

Domain Systems Only:
Enterprise Admin Group
Domain Admin Group