User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locationsID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:8746 | Date: (C)2013-01-21 (M)2023-05-09 |
Class: COMPLIANCE | Family: windows |
The User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations setting should be configured correctly.
This policy setting controls whether applications that request to run with a User Interface Accessibility (UIAccess) integrity level must reside in a secure location in the file system. Secure locations are limited to the following: - \\Program Files\\, including subfolders - \\Windows\\system32\\ - \\Program Files (x86)\\, including subfolders for 64-bit versions of Windows Note: Windows enforces a public key infrastructure (PKI) signature check on any interactive application that requests to run with a UIAccess integrity level regardless of the state of this security setting. The options are: * Enabled: (Default) If an application resides in a secure location in the file system, it runs only with UIAccess integrity. * Disabled: An application runs with UIAccess integrity even if it does not reside in a secure location in the file system.
Fix:
(1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations
(2) KEY: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableSecureUIAPaths
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |