Ensure that the User-ID Agent has minimal permissions if User-ID is enabled

How it is checked

Audit method: Manual review

This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.

Navigate to Active Directory Users and Computers for the Active Directory under consideration. Verify that the service account for the User-ID agent is not a member of any groups other than Event Log Readers, Distributed COM Users, and Domain Users (for the integrated, on-device User-ID agent) or Event Log Readers, Server Operators, and Domain Users (for the Windows User-ID agent.)

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Navigate to Active Directory Users and Computers. Set the service account for the User-ID agent so that it is only a member of the Event Log Readers, Distributed COM Users, and Domain Users (for the integrated, on-device User-ID agent) or the Event Log Readers, Server Operators, and Domain Users groups (for the Windows User-ID agent.)