Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R32

CurrentPublished Wed Jun 17 2020

Ejection of removable NTFS media is not restricted to administrators.

Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Ejection of removable NTFS media is not restricted to administrators.

Description

Discussion Text

Removable hard drives can be formatted and ejected by others who are not members of the Administrators Group, if they are not properly configured. Formatting and ejecting removable NTFS media should only be done by administrators.

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Objective

V-1171

Rule

SV-25034r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

3.052

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in.
Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view.
Navigate to Local Policies -> Security Options.

If the value for "Devices: Allowed to Format and Eject Removable Media" is not set to " Administrators", then this is a finding.

The policy referenced configures the following registry value:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 
Registry Path: \Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Value Name:  AllocateDASD

Value Type:  REG_SZ
Value:  0

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> "Devices: Allowed to Format and Eject Removable Media" to "Administrators".

STIG check 50 of 296 in the Windows 7 STIG checklist

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