The operating system must prevent all software from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-203696	SRG-OS-000326	SRG-OS-000326-GPOS-00126	SV-203696r958730_rule	2024-12-04	3

Description
In certain situations, software applications/programs need to execute with elevated privileges to perform required functions. However, if the privileges required for execution are at a higher level than the privileges assigned to organizational users invoking such applications/programs, those users are indirectly provided with greater privileges than assigned by the organizations. Some programs and processes are required to operate at a higher privilege level and therefore should be excluded from the organization-defined software list after review.

Description

In certain situations, software applications/programs need to execute with elevated privileges to perform required functions. However, if the privileges required for execution are at a higher level than the privileges assigned to organizational users invoking such applications/programs, those users are indirectly provided with greater privileges than assigned by the organizations. Some programs and processes are required to operate at a higher privilege level and therefore should be excluded from the organization-defined software list after review.

ℹ️ Check
Verify that the operating system prevents all software from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the operating system to prevent all software from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software.