Debug programs This policy setting determines which user accounts will have the right to attach a debugger to any process or to the kernel, which provides complete access to sensitive and critical operating system components. Developers who are debugging their own applications do not need to be assigned this user right; however, developers who are debugging new system components will need it. Note Microsoft released several security updates in October 2003 that used a version of Update.exe that required the administrator to have the Debug programs user right. Administrators who did not have this user right were unable to install these security updates until they reconfigured their user rights. This is not typical behavior for operating system updates. For more information, see Knowledge Base article 830846: 'Windows Product Updates may stop responding or may use most or all the CPU resources.' When configuring a user right in the SCM enter a comma delimited list of accounts. Accounts can be either local or located in Active Directory, they can be groups, users, or computers. [list of users followed by comma] (1) GPO: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment!Debug programs (2) WMI: root\rsop\computer#RSOP_UserPrivilegeRight#AccountList#UserRight='SeDebugPrivilege' and precedence=1 oval:org.secpod.oval:def:22446 SCAP Repo OVAL Definition 2015-01-07