Microsoft Windows 10

The Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller user right must not be assigned to any groups or accounts

STIG ID: WN10-UR-000005 | SRG: SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-002235 | Vulnerability ID: V-220956

Description

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.Accounts with the "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right may be able to retrieve the credentials of other accounts from Credential Manager.

Check

C-220956r958726_chk

Verify the effective setting in Local Group Policy Editor.Run "gpedit.msc".Navigate to Local Computer Policy >> Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment.If any groups or accounts are granted the "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" user right, this is a finding.

Fix

F-22660r555354_fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Access Credential Manager as a trusted caller" to be defined but containing no entries (blank).