Windows: User Rights Assignment

Description

The Windows: User Rights Assignment test is used to enumerate all of the trustees/SIDs that have been granted a specific user right/privilege.

The userright_object element is used by a userright_test to collect the trustees/SIDs that have been granted a specific user right/privilege.

The userright_state element includes the name of a particular user right/privilege, the unique name and ID associated with the SID that has been granted the specified user right/privilege.

Technical Details

Artifact Parameters

windows.userrightsassignment

Name	Type	Description
userright	string	The user right setting to be audited.

NOTE: The userright parameter is governed by a constraint allowing only the following values:

SE_ASSIGNPRIMARYTOKEN_NAME
SE_AUDIT_NAME
SE_BACKUP_NAME
SE_CHANGE_NOTIFY_NAME
SE_CREATE_GLOBAL_NAME
SE_CREATE_PAGEFILE_NAME
SE_CREATE_PERMANENT_NAME
SE_CREATE_SYMBOLIC_LINK_NAME
SE_CREATE_TOKEN_NAME
SE_DEBUG_NAME
SE_ENABLE_DELEGATION_NAME
SE_IMPERSONATE_NAME
SE_INC_BASE_PRIORITY_NAME
SE_INCREASE_QUOTA_NAME
SE_INC_WORKING_SET_NAME
SE_LOAD_DRIVER_NAME
SE_LOCK_MEMORY_NAME
SE_MACHINE_ACCOUNT_NAME
SE_MANAGE_VOLUME_NAME
SE_PROF_SINGLE_PROCESS_NAME
SE_RELABEL_NAME
SE_REMOTE_SHUTDOWN_NAME
SE_RESTORE_NAME
SE_SECURITY_NAME
SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME
SE_SYNC_AGENT_NAME
SE_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_NAME
SE_SYSTEM_PROFILE_NAME
SE_SYSTEMTIME_NAME
SE_TAKE_OWNERSHIP_NAME
SE_TCB_NAME
SE_TIME_ZONE_NAME
SE_TRUSTED_CREDMAN_ACCESS_NAME
SE_UNDOCK_NAME
SE_UNSOLICITED_INPUT_NAME
SE_BATCH_LOGON_NAME
SE_DENY_BATCH_LOGON_NAME
SE_DENY_INTERACTIVE_LOGON_NAME
SE_DENY_NETWORK_LOGON_NAME
SE_DENY_REMOTE_INTERACTIVE_LOGON_NAME
SE_DENY_SERVICE_LOGON_NAME
SE_INTERACTIVE_LOGON_NAME
SE_NETWORK_LOGON_NAME
SE_REMOTE_INTERACTIVE_LOGON_NAME
SE_SERVICE_LOGON_NAME
“” (empty string)

Supported Test Types

Existence Test

Equals

Pattern Match

Test Type Parameters

existence_test

Name	Type	Description
value	string	The value included within the set of results / value to be tested.

equals

pattern match

Name	Type	Description
data_type	string	Datatype of the value.
value	string	The value included within the set of results / value to be tested.

NOTE: The data_type parameter is governed by a constraint allowing only the following values:

boolean
float
int
string
version
set

Generated Content

existence_test

XCCDF+AE

This is what the AE check looks like, inside a Rule, in the XCCDF.

<xccdf:complex-check operator="AND">
  <xccdf:check system="https://benchmarks.cisecurity.org/ae/0.5">
    <xccdf:check-content>
      <ae:artifact_expression id="xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_ae_[SECTION-NUMBER]">
        <ae:artifact_oval_id>[ARTIFACT-OVAL-ID]</ae:artifact_oval_id>
        <ae:title>[ARTIFACT-TITLE]</ae:title>
        <ae:artifact type="windows.userrightsassignment">
          <ae:parameters>
            <ae:parameter dt="string" name="userright">[userright.value]</ae:parameter>
          </ae:parameters>
        </ae:artifact>
        <ae:test type="[TEST-TYPE-NAME]">
          <ae:parameters>
            <ae:parameter dt="string" name="value">[value.value]</ae:parameter>
          </ae:parameters>
        </ae:test>
        <ae:profiles>
          <ae:profile idref="xccdf_org.cisecurity.benchmarks_profile_Level_1" />
        </ae:profiles>
      </ae:artifact_expression>
    </xccdf:check-content>
  </xccdf:check>
</xccdf:complex-check>

SCAP

XCCDF

For windows.userrightsassignment existence_test artifacts, the XCCDF check looks like this. There is no Value element in the XCCDF for this artifact.

<check system="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5">
  <check-content-ref
    href="[BENCHMARK-TITLE]-oval.xml"
    name="oval:org.cisecurity.benchmarks.[PLATFORM]:def:[ARTIFACT-OVAL-ID]" />
</check>

OVAL

Test

<userright_test
  xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#windows"
  id="oval:org.cisecurity.benchmarks.[PLATFORM]:tst:[ARTIFACT-OVAL-ID]"
  check_existence="[check_existence.value]"
  check="all"
  comment="[ARTIFACT-TITLE]"
  version="1">
  <object object_ref="oval:org.cisecurity.benchmarks.[PLATFORM]:obj:[ARTIFACT-OVAL-ID]" />
</userright_test>

Object

<userright_object
  xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#windows"
  id="oval:org.cisecurity.benchmarks.[PLATFORM]:obj:[ARTIFACT_OVAL_ID]"
  comment="[ARTIFACT-TITLE]"
  version="1">
  <userright operation="equals">[userright.value]</userright>
</userright_object>

State

N/A

YAML

artifact-expression:
  artifact-unique-id: "[ARTIFACT-OVAL-ID]"
  artifact-title: "[ARTIFACT-TITLE]"
  artifact:
    type: "[ARTIFACT-TYPE-NAME]"
    parameters:
      - parameter:
          name: "userright"
          dt: "string"
          value: "[userright.value]"
  test:
    type: "[TEST-TYPE-NAME]"
    parameters:
      - parameter:
          name: "value"
          dt: "string"
          value: "[value.value]"

JSON

{
  "artifact-expression": {
    "artifact-unique-id": "[ARTIFACT-OVAL-ID]",
    "artifact-title": "[ARTIFACT-TITLE]",
    "artifact": {
      "type": "windows.userrightsassignment",
      "parameters": [
        {
          "parameter": {
            "name": "userright",
            "type": "string",
            "value": "[userright.value]"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "test": {
      "type": "[TEST-TYPE-NAME]",
      "parameters": [
        {
          "parameter": {
            "name": "value",
            "type": "string",
            "value": "[value.value]"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}