SV-35958r2: Unauthorized accounts must not have the Replace a process level token user right. | Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Unauthorized accounts must not have the Replace a process level token user right.

Description

Discussion Text

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Replace a process level token" user right allows one process or service to start another process or service with a different security access token. A user with this right could use this to impersonate another account.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-002235CCE-8732-0

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:3672
# Unauthorized accounts must not have the Replace a process level token user right.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Replace a process level token - Local Service, Network Service
# 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 $__tmp -Pattern '^SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege\s*=\s*(.+)$'; 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:3672
$compliant = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LocalGroupTokenRights -Filter "GroupName='Users' AND (Rights -notcontains 'Replace a process level token' OR Rights -contains 'Replace a process level token' -and Members -contains 'LOCAL SERVICE' -and Members -contains 'NETWORK SERVICE')"); if($compliant -or ($null -eq $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 >> "Replace a process level token" to only include the following accounts or groups:

				Local Service
				Network Service