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Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit information. Operating systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the user accessing the tools and the corresponding rights the user enjoys in order to make access decisions regarding the modification or deletion of audit tools. Satisfies:
To fix this configure the permissions on the "Eventvwr.exe" file to prevent modification by any groups or accounts other than TrustedInstaller. The default permissions listed below satisfy this requirement:
TrustedInstaller - Full Control
Administrators, SYSTEM, Users, ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES, ALL RESTRICTED APPLICATION PACKAGES - Read & Execute
The default location is the "%SystemRoot%\System32" folder.
Stig: Server 2019: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/windows_server_2019/2020-06-15/finding/V-93195
Server 2016: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_server_2016/2021-09-29/finding/V-224880
NIST 800-53: AU-9(3),CM-6(a),CM-6(c),CM-6(d),SI-7,SI-7(1),SI-7(6)
NIST Privacy Framework: PR.DS-P1 PR.DS-P2
NIAC: Sec 4(D)(2)(d)
CIS: 1.8.1.4,1.8.1.5,1.8.1.6,6.1.1,6.1.2,6.1.3,6.1.4,6.1.5,6.1.6,6.1.7,6.1.8,6.1.9
SIG: D.7 I.3.14.2 M.1.33 N.5.4.1 U.1.5.2 U.1.11.12
CSA CMM: LOG-04 LOG-09
SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099