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General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The operating system must prevent all software from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software.

    <VulnDiscussion>In certain situations, software applications/programs need to execute with elevated privileges to perform required functions....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000327

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  • The operating system must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts in 15 minutes occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000337

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    Group
  • SRG-OS-000349

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    Group

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