SV-253420r1051055: The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not store RunAs credentials. | Microsoft Windows 11 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not store RunAs credentials.

Description

Discussion Text

Storage of administrative credentials could allow unauthorized access. Disallowing the storage of RunAs credentials for Windows Remote Management will prevent them from being used with plug-ins.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-002038

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 11 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 11 5471

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.windows11:def:253420
# The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not store RunAs credentials.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Disallow WinRM from storing RunAs credentials' is set to 'Enabled'
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service').GetValueKind('DisableRunAs').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service' -Name 'DisableRunAs' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'DisableRunAs') -eq 1))
}

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

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# oval:mil.disa.stig.windows11:def:253420
$compliant = Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if ($compliant) { $regValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service" -Name "DisableRunAs" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if ($regValue.DisableRunAs -eq 1) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } } Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Windows Remote Management (WinRM) >> WinRM Service >> "Disallow WinRM from storing RunAs credentials" to "Enabled".