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Insecure Windows Service Permissions
I have a Latitude 3570 that has been audited for Cyber Essentials compliance. The laptop has failed with the high risk vulnerability, "At least one improperly configured Windows service may have a privilege escalation vulnerability."
The service is DellRctlService and Authenticate Users have inherited file write permission to c:\dell\sytem64folder\dellrctlservice.exe.
The solution to this vulnerability is:Ensure the groups [Everyone, Users, Domain Users, Authenticated Users] do not have permissions to modify or
write service executables. Additionally, ensure these groups do not
have Full Control permission to any directories that contain service
executables.
Ref: www.nessus.org/u
Will changing the Authenticated Users permission to explicit read only be detrimental to the service?
DELL-Jesse L
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September 26th, 2016 08:00
Don or Ron,
I do not see where changing the permissions would have any issues. If it does, you can revert back to the previous setting.
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June 1st, 2018 01:00
Hi Jesse,
I realise this is an old post, but I to have the same vulnerability reported in Nessus. Can you please confirm for me exactly what this service is/ does? I have read conflicting articles about it's function. I would like to remove it altogether but I want to make sure it will not cause interruption to service for the users.
Cheers,
Jamesy