Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R32

CurrentPublished Wed Jun 17 2020

Users are not warned in advance that their passwords will expire.

Windows 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Users are not warned in advance that their passwords will expire.

Description

Discussion Text

This setting configures the system to display a warning to users telling them how many days are left before their password expires. By giving the user advanced warning, the user has time to construct a sufficiently strong password.

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Objective

V-1172

Rule

SV-25048r1_rule

Severity

low

Rule Version

3.054

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 "Interactive Logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration" is not set to  "14" days or more, 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:  PasswordExpiryWarning

Value Type:  REG_DWORD
Value:  14

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> "Interactive Logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration" to "14" days or more.

STIG check 51 of 296 in the Windows 7 STIG checklist

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