Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Windows Server 2025 users with administrative privileges must have separate accounts for administrative duties and normal operational tasks

STIG ID: WN25-00-000010 | SRG: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | Severity: Medium | CCI: CCI-000366 | Vulnerability ID: V-277985

Description

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

C-82515r1180659_chk

Verify each user with administrative privileges has been assigned a unique administrative account separate from their standard user account.

If users with administrative privileges do not have separate accounts for administrative functions and standard user functions, this is a finding.

Fix

F-82420r1180660_fix

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