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Trellix Application Control 8.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000386

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • A Trellix Application Control written policy must be documented to outline the organization-specific variables for application whitelisting.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling application whitelisting without adequate design and organization-specific requirements will either result in an imp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000165

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    Group
  • The use of a Solidcore 8.x local Command Line Interface (CLI) Access Password must be documented in the organizations written policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Solidcore client can be configured locally at the CLI, but only when accessed with the required password. Since the Trel...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000169

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    Group
  • The Solidcore client Command Line Interface (CLI) Access password complexity requirements must be documented in the organizations written policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Solidcore client can be configured locally at the CLI, but only when accessed with the required password. The misuse of ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000172

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    Group
  • The Solidcore client Command Line Interface (CLI) Access Password protection process must be documented in the organizations written policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Solidcore client can be configured locally at the CLI, but only when accessed with the required password. Since the Trel...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000174

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    Group
  • The requirement for scheduled Solidcore client Command Line Interface (CLI) Access Password changes must be documented in the organizations written policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Solidcore client can be configured locally at the CLI, but only when accessed with the required password. The misuse of ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000397

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    Group
  • The process by which the Solidcore client Command Line Interface (CLI) Access Password is made available to administrators when needed must be documented in the organizations written policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Solidcore client can be configured locally at the CLI, but only when accessed with the required password. Since the Trel...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000276

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    Group
  • The Trellix Application Control Options Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) settings, if being used, must be confined to the organizations enclave.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data will be leaving the endpoint to be analyzed by the ATD. Because data could feasibly be intercepted en route, risk of out...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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    Group
  • The configuration of features under Trellix Application Control Options policies Enforce feature control must be documented in the organizations written policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the Trellix Application Control prevents installation of ActiveX controls on endpoints, enforces memory protectio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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    Group
  • The organizations written policy must include a process for how whitelisted applications are deemed to be allowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling application whitelisting without adequate design and organization-specific requirements will either result in an imp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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    Group
  • The organizations written policy must include procedures for how often the whitelist of allowed applications is reviewed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling application whitelisting without adequate design and organization-specific requirements will either result in an imp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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    Group
  • The Solidcore client must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Application Control whitelisting must be enabled on all workstation endpoints. To enable Application Control, the Solidco...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383

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    Group
  • The Solidcore client Command Line Interface (CLI) must be in lockdown mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, when an endpoint's Solidcore installation is managed by the ePO server, the CLI will automatically be in lockdown...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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    Group
  • The Solidcore client Command Line Interface (CLI) Access Password must be changed from the default.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Solidcore client can be configured locally at the CLI, but only when accessed with the required password. Since the Trel...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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    Group
  • The organization-specific Rules policy must only include executable and dll files that are associated with applications as allowed by the organizations written policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure Solidcore clients are only configured to STIG and organization-specific settings, organization-specific ePO policie...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000276

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    Group
  • The Trellix Application Control Options Reputation setting must be configured to use the Trellix Global Threat Intelligence (Trellix GTI) option.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If a Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE) server is being used in the organization, reputation for files and certificates is fe...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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    Group
  • The Trellix Application Control Options Reputation-Based Execution settings, if enabled, must be configured to allow Most Likely Trusted or Known Trusted only.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When a file is executed on an endpoint, the Application Control performs multiple checks to determine whether to allow or ban...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000276

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    Group
  • The Trellix Application Control Options Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) settings must not be enabled unless an internal ATD is maintained by the organization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This option will automatically send files with a specific file reputation to ATD for further analysis. This option is not sel...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000276

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    Group
  • The Trellix Application Control Options Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) settings, if being used, must be configured to send all binaries with a reputation of Might be Trusted and below for analysis.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When the file reputation of "Might be Trusted" is configured for being forwarded to ATD, all files with the reputation of "Mi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000276

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    Group
  • The Trellix Application Control Options Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) settings, if being used, must be configured to only send binaries with a size of 5MB or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Since binaries can be large, the file size must be limited to avoid congestion on the network and degradation on the endpoint...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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    Group
  • Organization-specific Trellix Applications Control Options policies must be created and applied to all endpoints.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure Solidcore clients are only configured to STIG and organization-specific settings, organization-specific ePO policie...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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  • The Trellix Application Control Options policy must be configured to disable Self-Approval.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Trellix Application Control Self-Approval feature allows the user to take an action when a user tries to run a new or unk...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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  • The Trellix Application Control Options policy End User Notification, if configured by organization, must have all default variables replaced with the organization-specific data.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "User Message" option will show a dialog box when an event is detected and display the organization-specified text in the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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  • The Trellix Application Control Options policies Enforce feature control memory protection must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the Trellix Application Control prevents installation of ActiveX controls on endpoints, enforces memory protectio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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  • Enabled features under Trellix Application Control Options policies Enforce feature control must not be configured unless documented in written policy and approved by ISSO/ISSM.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the Trellix Application Control prevents installation of ActiveX controls on endpoints, enforces memory protectio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000386

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  • The Trellix Application Control Options Inventory option must be configured to hide OS Files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the Windows operating system files are excluded from the inventory. By selecting this option, the overwhelming th...
    Rule Medium Severity

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