SV-278246r1182213: The Windows Server 2025 "Create a token object" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts. | Microsoft Windows Server 2025 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The Windows Server 2025 "Create a token object" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.

Description

Discussion Text

Inappropriately granting user rights provides system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Create a token object" user right allows a process to create an access token. This could be used to provide elevated rights and compromise a system.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-002235

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2025 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows Server 2025 5719

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.windows2025:def:278246
# The Windows Server 2025 "Create a token object" user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Create a token object - None
# 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 $__tmp -Pattern '^SeCreateTokenPrivilege\s*=\s*(.*)$'; 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 '')
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows2025:def:278246
$userRight = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32LocalGroupPolicyObject -Filter "PolicyName = 'Create a token object'"
if ($userRight -eq $null) { exit 0 } else { if (-not $userRight.MemberList) { exit 0 } else { exit 1 } }

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> Create a token object to be defined but containing no entries (blank).