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MS Exchange 2010 Edge Transport Server STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Exch-2-817

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  • Email Diagnostic log level must be set to low or lowest level.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjust...
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  • Exch-2-820

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  • The Send Fatal Errors to Microsoft must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjust...
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  • Exch-2-826

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  • Audit data must be protected against unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjust...
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  • Exch-2-828

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  • Exchange application directory must be protected from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Default product installations may provide more generous access permissions than are necessary to run the application. By exa...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Exch-2-831

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  • Exchange must not send Customer Experience reports to Microsoft.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjust...
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  • Exch-2-839

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  • Audit data must be on separate partitions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjust...
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  • Exch-2-842

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  • Queue monitoring must be configured with threshold and action.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Monitors are automated “process watchers” that respond to performance changes, and can be useful in detecting outages and ale...
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  • Exch-3-003

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  • Email software must be monitored for change on INFOCON frequency schedule.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The INFOCON system provides a framework within which the Commander USSTRATCOM regional commanders, service chiefs, base/post/...
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  • Exch-3-006

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  • Exchange software baseline copy must exist.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Exchange software, as with other application software installed on a host system, must be included in a system baseline recor...
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  • Exch-2-005

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  • Accepted domains must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Exchange may be configured to accept email for multiple domain names. This setting identifies the domains for which the serve...
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  • Exch-3-804

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  • Services must be documented and unnecessary services must be removed or disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unneeded, but running, services offer attackers an enhanced attack profile, and attackers are constantly watching to discove...
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  • Exch-3-807

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  • Email application must not share a partition with another application.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In the same way that added security layers can provide a cumulative positive effect on security posture, multiple application...
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  • Exch-2-014

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  • Servers must use approved DoD certificates.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Server certificates are required for many security features in Exchange; without them the server cannot engage in many forms ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Exch-2-015

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  • Global outbound message size must be controlled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. Message size limits...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Exch-3-814

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  • The current, approved service pack must be installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to install the most current Exchange service pack leaves a system vulnerable to exploitation. Current service packs c...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Exch-2-333

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  • Messages with malformed from address must be rejected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Sender Identification (SID) is an email anti-spam sanitization process. Sender ID uses DNS MX record lookups to verify the S...
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  • Exch-2-019

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  • Local machine policy must require signed scripts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Scripts often provide a way for attackers to infiltrate a system, especially those downloaded from untrusted locations. By ...
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  • Exch-2-330

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  • Block list service provider must be identified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Block List filtering is a sanitization process performed on email messages prior to their arrival at the destination mailbox....
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Exch-2-200

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  • SMTP automated banner response must not reveal server details.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Automated connection responses occur as a result of FTP or Telnet connections, when connecting to those services. They report...
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  • Exch-2-201

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  • Outbound Connection Limit per Domain Count must be controlled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. This configuration ...
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  • Exch-2-327

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  • SPAM evaluation filter must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90% of SPAM, malware, and other undesirable messages may be eliminated from t...
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  • Exch-2-302

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  • Filtered messages must be archived.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90% of SPAM, malware, and other undesirable messages are eliminated from the ...
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  • Attachment filtering must remove undesirable attachments by file type.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90 percent of spam, malware, and other undesirable messages are eliminated fr...
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  • Exch-2-324

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  • Sender reputation filter must identify SPAM block level.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90% of SPAM, malware, and other undesirable messages are eliminated from the ...
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  • Exch-2-321

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  • Sender reputation filter must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90% of SPAM, malware, and other undesirable messages are eliminated from the ...
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  • Exch-2-305

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