SV-224831r958472: Local volumes must use a format that supports NTFS attributes. | Microsoft Windows Server 2016 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Local volumes must use a format that supports NTFS attributes.

Description

Discussion Text

The ability to set access permissions and auditing is critical to maintaining the security and proper access controls of a system. To support this, volumes must be formatted using a file system that supports NTFS attributes.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000213SV-87899V-73247

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2016 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2016 4205

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

Open "Computer Management".

Select "Disk Management" under "Storage".

For each local volume, if the file system does not indicate "NTFS", this is a finding.

"ReFS" (resilient file system) is also acceptable and would not be a finding.

This does not apply to system partitions such the Recovery and EFI System Partition.

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.windows:def:1024
# Local volumes must use a format that supports NTFS attributes.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies local volumes are formatted using NTFS or ReFS
# wmi57_object (wmi57_test)
function test_1 {
  return ($null -ne (Get-CimInstance -Namespace 'root\cimv2' -Query 'SELECT filesystem FROM win32_logicaldisk WHERE drivetype=3 AND filesystem!='NTFS' AND filesystem!='ReFS''))
}

if (-not (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_server_2016 target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows:def:1024
$volumes = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LogicalDisk -Filter "DriveType=3"
if ($volumes -and ($volumes | Where-Object { $_.FileSystem -notmatch "NTFS|ReFS" }).Count -eq 0) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } 
Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1

Remediation

Format volumes to use NTFS or ReFS.