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V-220979CAT II — Medium severitySV-220979r958726_rule

The Modify firmware environment values user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

Rule version WN10-UR-000140 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

Inappropriate granting of user rights can provide system, administrative, and other high level capabilities.

Accounts with the "Modify firmware environment values" user right can change hardware configuration environment variables. This could result in hardware failures or a DoS.

Check

Verify the effective setting in Local Group Policy Editor. Run "gpedit.msc".

Navigate to Local Computer Policy >> Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment.

If any groups or accounts other than the following are granted the "Modify firmware environment values" user right, this is a finding:

Administrators

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Modify firmware environment values" to only include the following groups or accounts:

Administrators

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220979
Group title
SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125
Rule ID
SV-220979r958726_rule
Check ID
C-22694r555422_chk
Fix ID
F-22683r555423_fix