KB4499180: Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP2 May 2019 Security Update (BlueKeep)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4499180 or cumulative update 4499149. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Framework and .NET Core improperly process RegEx strings. An attacker who successfully exploited...

Best Practices Regarding Sharing of a Single User Account Across Multiple Users

Microsoft strongly recommends customers avoid the use of a 'common' or 'shared' Windows logon account. A single user account should never be shared amongst different users. This is especially true when users are logging into the same physical machine. Customers who have solutions designed this wa...

February 19, 2019—KB4487016 (Preview of Monthly Rollup)

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Microsoft Windows: Require secure RPC communication (Remote Desktop Services)

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winrdhostsecurerpc.nasl 11363 2018-09-12 13:46:05Z emoss $ Check value for Require secure RPC communication Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is...

Microsoft Windows: Passwords Saving (Remote Desktop Services)

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winrdspasswordsaving.nasl 11363 2018-09-12 13:46:05Z emoss $ Check value for Do not allow passwords to be saved Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program ...

Microsoft Windows: Prompt for password upon connection (Remote Desktop Services)

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winrdhostpasswdconnection.nasl 11363 2018-09-12 13:46:05Z emoss $ Check value for Always prompt for password upon connection Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net...

Microsoft Windows: Client connection encryption level (Remote Desktop Services)

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winrdhostclientencrlevel.nasl 11363 2018-09-12 13:46:05Z emoss $ Check value for Set client connection encryption level Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Microsoft Windows: COM port redirection (Remote Desktop Services)

This policy setting specifies whether to prevent the redirection of data to client COM ports from the remote computer in a Remote Desktop Services session. You can use this setting to prevent users from redirecting data to COM port peripherals or mapping local COM ports while they are logged on t...

Microsoft Windows: Temporary folders per session (Remote Desktop Services)

This policy setting allows you to prevent Remote Desktop Services from creating session-specific temporary folders. You can use this policy setting to disable the creation of separate temporary folders on a remote computer for each session. By default, Remote Desktop Services creates a separate...

Microsoft Windows: Idle time limit (Remote Desktop Services)

This policy setting allows you to specify the maximum amount of time that an active Remote Desktop Services session can be idle without user input before it is automatically disconnected. If you enable this policy setting, you must select the desired time limit in the Idle session limit list...

Microsoft Windows: Plug and Play device redirection (Remote Desktop Services)

This policy setting lets you control the redirection of supported Plug and Play and RemoteFX USB devices, such as Windows Portable Devices, to the remote computer in a Remote Desktop Services session. By default, Remote Desktop Services does not allow redirection of supported Plug and Play and...

Microsoft Windows: LPT port redirection (Remote Desktop Services)

This policy setting specifies whether to prevent the redirection of data to client LPT ports during a Remote Desktop Services session. You can use this setting to prevent users from mapping local LPT ports and redirecting data from the remote computer to local LPT port peripherals. By default,...

Microsoft Windows: Delete temp folders upon exit (Remote Desktop Services)

This policy setting specifies whether Remote Desktop Services retains a user SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Microsoft Windows: Allow users to connect remotely by using Remote Desktop Services

This policy setting allows you to configure remote access to computers by using Remote Desktop Services. If you enable this policy setting, users who are members of the Remote Desktop Users group on the target computer can connect remotely to the target computer by using Remote Desktop Services. ...

Microsoft Windows: Time limit for disconnected sessions (Remote Desktop Services)

This policy setting allows you to configure a time limit for disconnected Remote Desktop Services sessions. You can use this policy setting to specify the maximum amount of time that a disconnected session remains active on the server. By default, Remote Desktop Services allows users to disconnec...

Microsoft Windows: Do not allow drive redirection

This policy setting specifies whether to prevent the mapping of client drives in a Remote Desktop Services session drive redirection. By default, an RD Session Host server maps client drives automatically upon connection. Mapped drives appear in the session folder tree in File Explorer or Compute...

Microsoft Windows: Service: Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector

The service SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.109272";...

Microsoft Windows: Service: Remote Desktop Services

The service SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.109271";...

Microsoft Windows 10: Allow log on locally

This policy setting determines which users can start an interactive session on the device. Users must have this user right to log on over a Remote Desktop Services session that is running on a Windows-based member device or domain controller. C Microsoft Corporation 2017. Copyright C 2018 Greenbo...

Microsoft Windows 10: Deny log on through Remote Desktop Services

This policy setting determines which users are prevented from logging on to the device through a Remote Desktop connection through Remote Desktop Services. It is possible for a user to establish a Remote Desktop connection to a particular server, but not be able to log on to the console of that...