SV-35951r3: Unauthorized accounts must not have the Manage auditing and security log user right. | Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Unauthorized accounts must not have the Manage auditing and security log user right.

Description

Discussion Text

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. Accounts with the "Manage auditing and security log" user right can manage the security log and change auditing configurations. This could be used to clear evidence of tampering.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000162Not mappedCCI-000163Not mappedCCI-000164Not mappedCCI-000171Not mappedCCI-001914

Additional Details

Responsibility

System Administrator

References

DPMS Target Windows 7 DISA DPMS Target Windows 7 1712

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:4865
# Unauthorized accounts must not have the Manage auditing and security log user right.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Manage auditing and security log - Administrators
# accesstoken_object (accesstoken_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 $__tmp -Pattern '^SeSecurityPrivilege\s*=\s*(.+)$'; Remove-Item $__tmp -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if ($__m -and $__m.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value.Trim().Length -gt 0) { '1' } else { '0' }) -eq '0')
}

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

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# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:4865
$compliant = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_UserAccount -Filter "LocalAccount=True").SID -notcontains "S-1-5-32-544" -and (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_UserAccount -Filter "Name='Auditors' AND LocalAccount=True").Count -eq 0; if($compliant){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 >> User Rights Assignment >> "Manage auditing and security log" to only include the following accounts or groups:

				Administrators

				If the organization has an "Auditors" group from previous requirements, this group may be assigned the user right.