Title

Maximum password age does not meet minimum requirements. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The longer a password is in use, the greater the opportunity for someone to gain unauthorized knowledge of the passwords. Further, scheduled changing of passwords hinders the ability of unauthorized system users to crack passwords and gain access to a system.

Check Content

Analyze the system using the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. Expand the Security Configuration and Analysis tree view. Navigate to Account Policies -> Password Policy. If the value for the “Maximum password age” is greater than 60 days, then this is a finding. If the value is set to 0 (never expires), then this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the Maximum Password Age so that it is not "0" and doesn't exceed 60 days.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-29646r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-1104

Group Title: Maximum Password Age

Expert Comments

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