Title

Unauthorized accounts will not have the "Perform volume maintenance tasks" user right. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities. Accounts with the "Perform volume maintenance tasks" right can manage volume and disk configurations. They could potentially delete volumes resulting in the data loss or a DoS.

Check Content

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment -> "Perform volume maintenance tasks" as defined in the Check section.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-33489r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-26499

Group Title: Perform volume maintenance tasks

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.