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VMware vSphere 8.0 Virtual Machine Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • Virtual machines (VMs) must have copy operations disabled.

    Copy and paste operations are disabled by default; however, explicitly disabling this feature will enable audit controls to verify this setting is correct. Copy, paste, drag and drop, or GUI copy/p...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • Virtual machines (VMs) must have paste operations disabled.

    Copy and paste operations are disabled by default; however, explicitly disabling this feature will enable audit controls to verify this setting is correct. Copy, paste, drag and drop, or GUI copy/p...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • Virtual machines (VMs) must have virtual disk wiping disabled.

    Shrinking and wiping (erasing) a virtual disk reclaims unused space in it. If there is empty space in the disk, this process reduces the amount of space the virtual disk occupies on the host drive....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • Virtual machines (VMs) must not be able to obtain host information from the hypervisor.

    If enabled, a VM can obtain detailed information about the physical host. The default value for the parameter is FALSE. This setting should not be TRUE unless a particular VM requires this informat...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • Virtual machines (VMs) must have shared salt values disabled.

    When salting is enabled (Mem.ShareForceSalting=1 or 2) to share a page between two virtual machines, both salt and the content of the page must be same. A salt value is a configurable advanced opti...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • Virtual machines (VMs) must disable access through the "dvfilter" network Application Programming Interface (API).

    An attacker might compromise a VM by using the "dvFilter" API. Configure only VMs that need this access to use the API.
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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  • Virtual machines (VMs) must be configured to lock when the last console connection is closed.

    When accessing the VM console, the guest operating system must be locked when the last console user disconnects, limiting the possibility of session hijacking. This setting only applies to Windows-...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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