SV-29263r1: The system is configured to give anonymous users Everyone rights. | Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system is configured to give anonymous users Everyone rights.

Description

Discussion Text

This setting helps define the permissions that anonymous users have. If this setting is enabled then anonymous users have the same rights and permissions as the built-in Everyone group. Anonymous users should not have these permissions or rights.

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

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366CCE-2457-0

Additional Details

Third-Party Tools

Responsibility

Information Assurance Officer

References

DPMS Target Windows Vista DISA DPMS Target Windows Vista 1029

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:461
# The system is configured to give anonymous users Everyone rights.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa' -Name 'EveryoneIncludesAnonymous' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'EveryoneIncludesAnonymous') -eq 0)
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_2 {
  return (-not ($null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa' -Name 'EveryoneIncludesAnonymous')))
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_3 {
  return ($null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa' -Name 'EveryoneIncludesAnonymous'))
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_4 {
  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\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa').GetValueKind('EveryoneIncludesAnonymous').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword')
}
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_5 {
  return (-not ($null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa' -Name 'EveryoneIncludesAnonymous')))
}

if (((test_1 -or test_2) -and test_3 -and (test_4 -or test_5))) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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# oval:mil.disa.fso.windows:def:461 compliance check
$registryPath = "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa"
if (-Not (Test-Path $registryPath)) {exit 0}
$registryValue = Get-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "EveryoneIncludesAnonymous" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($registryValue -eq $null) {exit 0}
if ($registryValue.EveryoneIncludesAnonymous -eq 0) {exit 0}
else {exit 1}

Remediation

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> “Network access: Let everyone permissions apply to anonymous users” to “Disabled”.