SV-25261r1: Remote Desktop Services is not configured to always prompt a client for passwords upon connection. | Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Remote Desktop Services is not configured to always prompt a client for passwords upon connection.

Description

Discussion Text

This setting controls the ability of users to supply passwords automatically as part of their remote desktop connection. Disabling this setting would allow anyone to use the stored credentials in a connection item to connect to the terminal server.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-002038CCE-10103-0

Additional Details

Third-Party Tools

Responsibility

System Administrator

References

DPMS Target Windows 7 DISA DPMS Target Windows 7 1712

Checks

OVAL

oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:var:386500 ← xccdf_mil.disa.stig_value_always_prompt_for_password_upon_connection_var

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:3865
# Remote Desktop Services is not configured to always prompt a client for passwords upon connection.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Verifies 'Always prompt for password upon connection' 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 NT\Terminal Services').GetValueKind('fPromptForPassword').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Name 'fPromptForPassword' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'fPromptForPassword') -eq 1))
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:3865
$regPath = "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services"
$regKey = "fPromptForPassword"
$regValue = 1
if (Test-Path $regPath) {
    $regData = Get-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name $regKey -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($regData.$regKey -eq $regValue) {
        Write-Output "PASS"
        exit 0
    }
}
Write-Output "FAIL"
exit 1

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Security “Always prompt for password upon connection” to “Enabled”.