SV-253501r958434: The "Manage auditing and security log" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group. | Microsoft Windows 11 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The "Manage auditing and security log" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

Description

Discussion Text

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with the "Manage auditing and security log" user right can manage the security log and change auditing configurations. This could be used to clear evidence of tampering. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000162Not mappedCCI-000171

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:253501
# The "Manage auditing and security log" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Manage auditing and security log - Administrators
# 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 $__tmp -Pattern '^SeSecurityPrivilege\s*=\s*(.*)$'; 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 { $__sid } }) -join ',' } else { '' }) -eq '') -or (($__tmp = "$env:TEMP\scc_userrights_$([guid]::NewGuid().Guid).cfg"; secedit /export /cfg $__tmp /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet | Out-Null; $__m = Select-String -Path $__tmp -Pattern '^SeSecurityPrivilege\s*=\s*(.*)$'; 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 { '' }) -eq 'Administrators'))
}

if (test_1) {
  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:253501
$userRight = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_UserRight -Filter "UserRight = 'SE_SECURITY_NAME'"
if ($userRight -eq $null -or $userRight.UserName -notcontains 'Administrators') { Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1 } 
Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Manage auditing and security log" to only include the following groups or accounts:

Administrators