Title

Users with Administrative privilege must have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

Using a privileged account to perform routine functions makes the computer vulnerable to malicious software inadvertently introduced during a session that has been granted full privileges.

Check Content

Verify each user with administrative privileges has been assigned a unique administrative account separate from their standard user account. The ISSO will maintain a list of all users belonging to the Administrators group. If any of the following conditions are true, this is a finding: -Each SA does not have a unique userid dedicated for administering the system. -Each SA does not have a separate account for normal user tasks.

Fix Text

Ensure each user with administrative privilege has a separate account for user duties and one for privileged duties.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-48276r3_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-36659

Group Title: WIN00-000005-02

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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