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Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities.
Accounts with the "Restore files and directories" user right can circumvent file and directory permissions and could allow access to sensitive data. It could also be used to overwrite more current data.
To fix this configure the policy value for
Computer Configuration
|_ Windows Settings
|_ Security Settings
|_ Local Policies
|_ User Rights Assignment
|_ Restore files and directories to include only the following accounts or groups:
- Administrators
STIG: Server
2025: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-278261
2022: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-254511
2019: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-205767
2016: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-225092
Desktop
W11: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-253505
W10: https://system32.eventsentry.com/stig/viewer/V-220982
NIST 800-53 : AC-3, AC-6, CM-6, SI-7
NIST 800-171: 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.4.6
CMMC v2.0 L2: AC.L2-3.1.1, AC.L2-3.1.2, CM.L2-3.4.6
PCI-DSS v4.0: 2.2.1, 7.2.1
HIPAA SR : §164.312(a)(1), §164.312(c)(1)
HIPAA HICP : Practice 3 (Identity and Access Management), Practice 4 (Data Protection)
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