Windows 8/8.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V1 · R23

CurrentPublished Wed Jun 17 2020

Remote Desktop Services must delete temporary folders when a session is terminated.

Windows 8/8.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Remote Desktop Services must delete temporary folders when a session is terminated.

Description

Discussion Text

Remote desktop session temporary folders must always be deleted after a session is over to prevent hard disk clutter and potential leakage of information. This setting controls the deletion of the temporary folders when the session is terminated.

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Objective

V-3456

Rule

SV-48092r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

WN08-CC-000103

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\

Value Name: DeleteTempDirsOnExit

Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Temporary Folders -> "Do not delete temp folder upon exit" to "Disabled".

STIG check 232 of 378 in the Windows 8/8.1 STIG checklist

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