SV-253492r1268226: 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 11 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 which 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-000213

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:253492
# 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.

# Deny log on as a batch job - Domain Admins
# userright_object (userright_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 $__m.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value.Trim().Length -gt 0) { (($__m.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value -split ',') | ForEach-Object { $__sid = $_.Trim().TrimStart('*'); try { (New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($__sid)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]).Value -replace '^[^\\]*\\', '' } catch { $__sid } }) -join ',' } else { '' }) -match '^(?i)(.+\\)?Domain Admins$')
}
# Deny log on as a batch job - Enterprise Admins
# userright_object (userright_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 $__m.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value.Trim().Length -gt 0) { (($__m.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value -split ',') | ForEach-Object { $__sid = $_.Trim().TrimStart('*'); try { (New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($__sid)).Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]).Value -replace '^[^\\]*\\', '' } catch { $__sid } }) -join ',' } else { '' }) -match '^(?i)(.+\\)?Enterprise Admins$')
}

if ((test_1 -and 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_11 target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows11:def:253492
$isDomainJoined = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem).DomainName -ne ""
if (-not $isDomainJoined) { exit 0 }
$groups = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_GroupRole -Filter "Name='Domain Admins' OR Name='Enterprise Admins'"
if ($groups -ne $null) {
    $isEnterpriseAdminDenied = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_UserRight -Filter "UserRight = 'SE_DENY_BATCH_LOGON_NAME'").Members -notcontains "Enterprise Admins"
    $isDomainAdminDenied = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_UserRight -Filter "UserRight = 'SE_DENY_BATCH_LOGON_NAME'").Members -notcontains "Domain Admins"
    if ($isEnterpriseAdminDenied -and $isDomainAdminDenied) { Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0 }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1

Remediation

This requirement is applicable to domain-joined systems, for standalone 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