SV-205813r1051085: Windows Server 2019 User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC. | Microsoft Windows Server 2019 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Windows Server 2019 User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC.

Description

Discussion Text

User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting enables UAC. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-002038V-93435SV-103521

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2019 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2019 2907

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

UAC requirements are NA for Server Core installations (this is the default installation option for Windows Server 2019 versus Server with Desktop Experience).

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\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\

Value Name: EnableLUA

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000001 (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.stig.windows2019:def:205813
# Windows Server 2019 User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode' 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\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System').GetValueKind('EnableLUA').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System' -Name 'EnableLUA' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'EnableLUA') -eq 1))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows2019:def:205813
if ((Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" -Name EnableLUA -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).EnableLUA -eq 1) { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 }

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode" to "Enabled".