Title

Remote Desktop Services is not configured to delete temporary folders. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This setting controls the deletion of the temporary folders when the session is terminated. Temporary folders should always be deleted after a session is over to prevent hard disk clutter and potential leakage of information.

Check Content

If the following registry value doesn’t exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\ Value Name: DeleteTempDirsOnExit Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Temporary Folders “Do not delete temp folder upon exit” to “Disabled”.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-25265r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-3456

Group Title: TS/RDS - Delete Temp Folders

Expert Comments

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