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Check: WN12-SO-000011

Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Member Server STIG: WN12-SO-000011 (in versions v3 r7 through v2 r7)

Title

Ejection of removable NTFS media must be restricted to Administrators. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Removable hard drives, if they are not properly configured, can be formatted and ejected by users who are not members of the Administrators Group. Formatting and ejecting removable NTFS media must only be done by administrators.

Check Content

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ Value Name: AllocateDASD Value Type: REG_SZ Value: 0

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options -> "Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media" to "Administrators".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-225455r569185_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-225455

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000366	The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Controls

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

Number	Title
CM-6	Configuration Settings