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Accounts: Deny log on locally user right on domain-joined member servers must be configured to prevent access from highly privileged domain accounts and from unauthenticated access on all systems
Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high-level capabilities. The "Deny log on locally" user right defines accounts that are prevented from logging on interactively. In an Active Directory Domain, denying logons to the Enterprise Admins and Domain Admins groups on lower-trust systems helps mitigate the risk of privilege escalation from credential theft attacks, which could lead to the compromise of an entire domain. The Guests group must be assigned this right to prevent unauthenticated access.
This Validation Script is intended for Domain Joined machines (Desktop/Server) and Stand-Alone machines (Desktop/Servers) but NOT for Domain Controllers. For Domain controllers there is a separate script.
To fix this configure the policy value for:
Computer Configuration
|_ Windows Settings
|_ Security Settings
|_ Local Policies
|_ User Rights Assignment
|_ Deny log on locally TO include the following:
For Domain Systems Only (Excluding Domain Controllers):
- Enterprise Admins Group
- Domain Admins Group
For All Systems (Including Domain Controllers):
- Guests Group
STIG:
Server 2022 (Domain Controllers): https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_server_2022/2022-08-25/finding/V-254424
Server 2022: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_server_2022/2022-08-25/finding/V-254438
Server 2019 (Domain Controllers) https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_server_2019/2022-03-01/finding/V-205670
Server 2019: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/windows_server_2019/2020-06-15/finding/V-93015 / https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_server_2019/2022-03-01/finding/V-205675
Server 2016: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/windows_server_2016/2020-06-16/finding/V-73771
Desktop:
W10 - https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/windows_10/2021-08-18/finding/V-220971
W11 - https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_11/2022-06-24/finding/V-253494
NIST 800-53: AC-6(7)(b)
DISA CAT: II
CCI: CCI-000213