SV-226139r794452: Domain users must be required to elevate when setting a networks location. | Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Domain Controller STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Domain users must be required to elevate when setting a networks location.

Description

Discussion Text

Selecting an incorrect network location may allow greater exposure of a system. Elevation is required by default on nondomain systems to change network location. This setting configures elevation to also be required on domain-joined systems.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001084CCE-23388-2V-21960SV-53182

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2012-2012 R2 DC DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2012-2012 R2 DC 4217

Checks

OVAL

oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:var:443500 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_require_domain_users_to_elevate_when_setting_a_networks_location_var

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections\

Value Name: NC_StdDomainUserSetLocation

Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

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.fso.windows:def:4435
# Domain users must be required to elevate when setting a networks location.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Require domain users to elevate when setting a network's location' 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\Network Connections').GetValueKind('NC_StdDomainUserSetLocation').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections' -Name 'NC_StdDomainUserSetLocation' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'NC_StdDomainUserSetLocation') -eq 1))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:4435
$regPath = "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections"
$regKey = "NC_StdDomainUserSetLocation"
$regValue = 1

if (Test-Path $regPath -and (Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name $regKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).$regKey -eq $regValue) {
    Write-Output "PASS"
    Exit 0
} else {
    Write-Output "FAIL"
    Exit 1
}

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> "Require domain users to elevate when setting a network's location" to "Enabled".