Ensure 'Create symbolic links' is set to 'Administrators'

AltaNivel 1Automatizadawindows

Descripción

This policy setting determines which users can create symbolic links. In Windows Vista, existing NTFS file system objects, such as files and folders, can be accessed by referring to a new kind of file system object called a symbolic link. A symbolic link is a pointer (much like a shortcut or .lnk file) to another file system object, which can be a file, folder, shortcut or another symbolic link. The difference between a shortcut and a symbolic link is that a shortcut only works from within the Windows shell. To other programs and applications, shortcuts are just another file, whereas with symb

Cómo se verifica

Método de auditoría: Comando de shell

shell

$f = Join-Path $env:TEMP ('tmaegis-' + [guid]::NewGuid().ToString() + '.inf'); secedit /export /cfg $f /areas SECURITYPOLICY USER_RIGHTS /quiet | Out-Null; $c = Get-Content $f -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Remove-Item $f -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; $line = $c | Where-Object { $_ -match '^\s*SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege\s*=' } | Select-Object -First 1; $v = if ($line) { ($line -split '=', 2)[1].Trim().Trim('"') } else { $null }; $have = @(if ($v) { $v -split ',' | ForEach-Object { $_.Trim().TrimStart('*') } | Where-Object { $_ } }); if ((($have | Sort-Object -Unique) -join ',') -eq 'S-1-5-32-544') { 'compliant' } else { 'non-compliant: ' + ($have -join ',') }

Salida esperada: compliant

Cómo se corrige

Método de corrección: Guía o parche de infraestructura

Set through Group Policy (domain policy for domain members): Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\Create symbolic links

Propiedades

Sistemas operativos: windows-10
Etiquetas: cis-convertedseceditwindows
Referencia: CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Benchmark v4.0.0 - 2.2.14

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shell

tmaegis scan --target windows