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CCE-2439-8

Platform: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xpDate: (C)2012-03-13   (M)2023-07-04



This policy setting determines the number of days that you must use a password before you can change it. The range of values for this policy setting is between 1 and 999 days. (You may also set the value to 0 to allow immediate password changes.) The default value for this setting is 0 days. Countermeasure: Configure the Minimum password age setting to a value of at least 2 days. Users should know about this limitation and contact the help desk if they need to change their password during that 2-day period. If you configure the number of days to 0, immediate password changes would be allowed, which we do not recommend. When configuring this setting you should also configure the Maximum password age to a value that makes sense in combination with this one. Potential Impact: If an administrator sets a password for a user but wants that user to change the password when the user first logs on, the administrator must select the User must change password at next logon check box, or the user will not be able to change the password until the next day.


Parameter:

[min age in mins]


Technical Mechanism:

(1) GPO: Computer Configuration\\Windows Settings\\Security Settings\\Account Policies\\Password Policy\\Minimum password age (2) REG: ### (3) WMI: root\\rsop\\computer#RSOP_SecuritySettingNumeric#Setting#KeyName = 'MinimumPasswordAge' And precedence=1

CCSS Severity:CCSS Metrics:
CCSS Score : 7.0Attack Vector: NETWORK
Exploit Score: 2.2Attack Complexity: HIGH
Impact Score: 4.7Privileges Required: NONE
Severity: HIGHUser Interaction: NONE
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HScope: UNCHANGED
 Confidentiality: LOW
 Integrity: LOW
 Availability: HIGH
  

References:
Resource IdReference
SCAP Repo OVAL Definitionoval:gov.nist.usgcb.xp:def:18
BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0
Jericho ForumJericho Forum
HIPAA/HITECH ActHIPAA/HITECH Act
FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL--FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL--
ISO/IEC 27001-2005ISO/IEC 27001-2005
COBIT 4.1COBIT 4.1
GAPP (Aug 2009)GAPP (Aug 2009)
NERC CIPNERC CIP
NIST SP800-53 R3NIST SP800-53 R3 CM-6
NIST SP800-53 R3NIST SP800-53 R3 IA-5
PCIDSS v2.0PCIDSS v2.0
FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL--FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL--
BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0


OVAL    1
oval:gov.nist.usgcb.xp:def:18
XCCDF    5
xccdf_org.secpod_benchmark_Windows_XP
xccdf_gov.nist_benchmark_USGCB-Windows-XP
xccdf_org.secpod_benchmark_hipaa_windows_xp
xccdf_org.secpod_benchmark_nist_windows_xp
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