SV-253453r1268251: Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts must not be allowed. | Microsoft Windows 11 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts must not be allowed.

Description

Discussion Text

Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts allows anonymous log on users (null session connections) to list all accounts names, thus providing a list of potential points to attack the system.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366

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:253453
# Anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts must not be allowed.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts' 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\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa').GetValueKind('RestrictAnonymousSAM').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa' -Name 'RestrictAnonymousSAM' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'RestrictAnonymousSAM') -eq 1))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows11:def:253453
$regPath = "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa"
$regKey = "RestrictAnonymousSAM"
if (Test-Path $regPath) {
    $regValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name $regKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($regValue -and $regValue.$regKey -eq 1) {
        Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0
    }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Network access: Do not allow anonymous enumeration of SAM accounts" to "Enabled".