Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V6 · R42

CurrentPublished Fri Apr 28 2017

User Account Control - Behavior of elevation prompt for administrators

Windows Vista Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

User Account Control - Behavior of elevation prompt for administrators

Description

Discussion Text

This check verifies whether logged on administrator is prompted for consent when he attempts to complete a task that requires raised privileges.

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Objective

V-14235

Rule

SV-17457r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

3.130

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 "User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode" is not set to "Prompt for consent", then this is a finding.

The policy referenced configures the following registry value:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 
Registry Path: \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\

Value Name:  ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin

Value Type:  REG_DWORD
Value:  2 (Prompt for Consent)

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> "User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode" to "Prompt for consent".

STIG check 68 of 251 in the Windows Vista STIG checklist

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