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V-253499CAT II — Medium severitySV-253499r958726_rule

The "Load and unload device drivers" user right must only be assigned to the Administrators group.

Rule version WN11-UR-000120 · STIG v2 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

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

The "Load and unload device drivers" user right allows device drivers to dynamically be loaded on a system by a user. This could potentially be used to install malicious code by an attacker.

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 "Load and unload device drivers" user right, this is a finding:

Administrators

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> User Rights Assignment >> "Load and unload device drivers" to only include the following groups or accounts:

Administrators

Identifiers

Group ID
V-253499
Group title
SRG-OS-000324-GPOS-00125
Rule ID
SV-253499r958726_rule
Check ID
C-56952r829579_chk
Fix ID
F-56902r829580_fix