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Microsoft Windows: User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation

🗓️ 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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User Account Control: Switch to secure desktop on elevation promp

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.109248");
  script_version("2023-08-25T16:09:51+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-25 16:09:51 +0000 (Fri, 25 Aug 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-06-12 15:04:04 +0200 (Tue, 12 Jun 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");

  script_name("Microsoft Windows: User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");

  script_add_preference(name:"Value", type:"radio", value:"1;0", id:1);

  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (Release 22H2) Benchmark v2.0.0: 2.3.17.7 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation' is set to 'Enabled'");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise (Release 2004) Benchmark v1.9.1: 2.3.17.7 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation' is set to 'Enabled'");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 RTM (Release 1809) Benchmark v1.1.0: 2.3.17.7 (L1) Ensure 'User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation' is set to 'Enabled'");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Controls Version 7: 4.3 Ensure the Use of Dedicated Administrative Accounts");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/security-policy-settings/user-account-control-switch-to-the-secure-desktop-when-prompting-for-elevation");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This policy setting determines whether the elevation request
prompts on the interactive user desktop or on the secure desktop.

The secure desktop presents the logon UI and restricts functionality and access to the system until
the logon requirements are satisfied.

The secure desktop's primary difference from the user desktop is that only trusted processes running
as SYSTEM are allowed to run here (that is, nothing is running at the user's privilege level). The
path to get to the secure desktop from the user desktop must also be trusted through the entire chain.

(C) Microsoft Corporation 2017.");

  exit(0);
}

include("smb_nt.inc");
include("policy_functions.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

target_os = "Microsoft Windows 7 or later";
win_min_ver = "6.1";
title = "User Account Control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation";
solution = "Set following UI path accordingly:
Computer Configuration/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Options/" + title;
test_type = "RegKey";
type = "HKLM";
key = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System";
item = "PromptOnSecureDesktop";
reg_path = type + "\" + key + "!" + item;
default = script_get_preference("Value");

if(!policy_verify_win_ver(min_ver:win_min_ver)){
  results = policy_report_wrong_os(target_os:target_os);
}else{
  results = policy_match_exact_reg_dword(key:key, item:item, type:type, default:default);
}

value = results["value"];
comment = results["comment"];
compliant = results["compliant"];

policy_reporting(result:value, default:default, compliant:compliant, fixtext:solution,
  type:test_type, test:reg_path, info:comment);
policy_set_kbs(type:test_type, cmd:reg_path, default:default, solution:solution, title:title,
  value:value, compliant:compliant);

exit(0);

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