SV-257589r958412: Windows 10 must have command line process auditing events enabled for failures. | Microsoft Windows 10 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Windows 10 must have command line process auditing events enabled for failures.

Description

Discussion Text

When this policy setting is enabled, the operating system generates audit events when a process fails to start and the name of the program or user that created it. These audit events can assist in understanding how a computer is being used and tracking user activity.

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IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-002234

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:257589
# Windows 10 must have command line process auditing events enabled for failures.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Audit - Process Creation - Failure only
# auditeventpolicysubcategories_object (auditeventpolicysubcategories_test)
function test_1 {
  return ((@{'No Auditing'='AUDIT_NONE';'Success'='AUDIT_SUCCESS';'Failure'='AUDIT_FAILURE';'Success and Failure'='AUDIT_SUCCESS_FAILURE'}[(auditpol /get /subcategory:'Process Creation' /r | ConvertFrom-Csv).'Inclusion Setting']) -eq 'AUDIT_FAILURE')
}
# Audit - Process Creation - Success and Failure
# auditeventpolicysubcategories_object (auditeventpolicysubcategories_test)
function test_2 {
  return ((@{'No Auditing'='AUDIT_NONE';'Success'='AUDIT_SUCCESS';'Failure'='AUDIT_FAILURE';'Success and Failure'='AUDIT_SUCCESS_FAILURE'}[(auditpol /get /subcategory:'Process Creation' /r | ConvertFrom-Csv).'Inclusion Setting']) -eq 'AUDIT_SUCCESS_FAILURE')
}

if ((test_1 -or test_2)) {
  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:257589
$auditPolicy = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_AuditEventPolicySubCategories
if ($auditPolicy -eq $null) { exit 1 }
foreach ($policy in $auditPolicy) {
    if ($policy.Name -eq 'Audit Process Creation') {
        if ($policy.Value -eq 'AUDIT_FAILURE' -or $policy.Value -eq 'AUDIT_SUCCESS_FAILURE') { exit 0 }
    }
}
exit 1

Remediation

Go to Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration >>System Audit Policies >> Detailed Tracking >> Audit Process Creation is set to "failure".