Check or Attack Name: DCOM - permissions

Permissions were found improperly set for the DCOM registry key. If enabled, DCOM may be used to remotely execute programs.

Avoid granting non-administrators write access to the Ole key in the Windows NT registry.

To restrict access, follow these steps:

1. Open Registry Editor. From the Windows NT Start menu, select Run, type regedt32, and click OK.
2. Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Ole key.
3. From the Security menu, select Permissions to display the Registry Key Permissions dialog box.
4. Remove write access from all non-Administrators.