Microsoft Windows 10

User Account Control must run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode, enabling UAC

STIG ID: WN10-SO-000270 | SRG: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-002038 | Vulnerability ID: V-220950

Description

User Account Control (UAC) is a security mechanism for limiting the elevation of privileges, including administrative accounts, unless authorized. This setting enables UAC.

Check

C-22665r555335_chk

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINERegistry Path: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\Value Name: EnableLUAValue Type: REG_DWORDValue: 1

Fix

F-22654r555336_fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode" to "Enabled".