Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server STIG
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Exch-2-826
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The current, approved service pack must be installed.
Failure to install the most current Exchange service pack leaves a system vulnerable to exploitation. Current service packs correct known security and system vulnerabilities.Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-019
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Local machine policy must require signed scripts.
Scripts often provide a way for attackers to infiltrate a system, especially those downloaded from untrusted locations. By setting machine policy to prevent unauthorized script executions, unanti...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-1-324
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Exch-1-109
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Exch-1-112
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Public Folder stores must be retained until backups are complete.
Backup and recovery procedures are an important part of overall system availability and integrity. Complete backups reduce the chance of accidental deletion of important information, and make it ...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-1-115
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Public Folder database must not be overwritten by a restore.
Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. Unauthorized or accidental restoration of public folder data risks data loss or corruption...Rule Low Severity -
Exch-1-301
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Mail quota settings must not restrict receiving mail.
Mail quota settings control the maximum sizes of a user’s mailbox and the system’s response if these limits are exceeded. Mailbox data that is not monitored against a quota increases the risk of ...Rule Low Severity -
Exch-1-303
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Exch-1-306
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Mail Store storage quota must issue a warning.
Mail quota settings control the maximum sizes of a user’s mailbox and the system’s response if these limits are exceeded. Mailbox data that is not monitored against a quota increases the risk of ...Rule Low Severity -
Exch-1-309
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The Mailbox Stores must mount at startup.
Administrator responsibilities include the ability to react to unplanned maintenance tasks or emergency situations that may require Mailbox data manipulation. Occasionally, there may be a need to ...Rule Low Severity -
Exch-1-312
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Mailboxes must be retained until backups are complete.
Backup and recovery procedures are an important part of overall system availability and integrity. Complete backups reduce the chance of accidental deletion of important information, and make it ...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-1-315
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Mailbox database must not be overwritten by a restore.
Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. Unauthorized or accidental restoration of mailbox data risks data loss or corruption. ...Rule Low Severity -
Exch-1-318
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Exch-1-321
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Email forwarding must be restricted.
Auto-forwarded email accounts do not meet the requirement for digital signature and encryption of CUI and PII IAW DoDI 8520.2 (reference ee) and DoD Director for Administration and Management memor...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-817
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Exch-2-820
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The Send Fatal Errors to Microsoft must be disabled.
Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjustments to improve availability. This setting enables an automated log e...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-823
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Administrator audit logging must be enabled.
Unauthorized or malicious data changes can compromise the integrity and usefulness of the data. Automated attacks or malicious users with elevated privileges have the ability to affect change usi...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-1-802
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Circular Logging must be disabled.
Logging provides a history of events performed, and can also provide evidence of tampering or attack. Failure to create and preserve logs adds to the risk that suspicious events may go unnoticed, o...Rule Low Severity -
Exch-2-828
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Exchange application directory must be protected from unauthorized access.
Default product installations may provide more generous access permissions than are necessary to run the application. By examining and tailoring access permissions to more closely provide the leas...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-1-805
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Exch-1-808
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Message Tracking Logging must be enabled.
A message tracking log provides a detailed log of all message activity as messages are transferred to and from a computer running Exchange. If events are not recorded it may be difficult or imposs...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-831
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Exch-2-833
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Audit record parameters must be set.
Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts. This item declares the fields that must be available in the audit log file in order to adequately...Rule Low Severity -
Exch-2-839
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Audit data must be on separate partitions.
Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjustments to improve availability. Audit log content must always be consid...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-842
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Queue monitoring must be configured with threshold and action.
Monitors are automated “process watchers” that respond to performance changes, and can be useful in detecting outages and alerting administrators where attention is needed. Exchange has built-in mo...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-3-003
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Email software must be monitored for change on INFOCON frequency schedule.
The INFOCON system provides a framework within which the Commander USSTRATCOM regional commanders, service chiefs, base/post/camp/station/vessel commanders, or agency directors can increase the mea...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-3-006
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Exch-3-804
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Exch-3-807
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Email application must not share a partition with another application.
In the same way that added security layers can provide a cumulative positive effect on security posture, multiple applications can provide a cumulative negative effect. A vulnerability and subseque...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-014
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