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Microsoft IIS 10.0 Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000077

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  • All IIS 10.0 web server sample code, example applications, and tutorials must be removed from a production IIS 10.0 server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials may be an exploitable threat to a web server. A pr...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000078

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  • The accounts created by uninstalled features (i.e., tools, utilities, specific, etc.) must be deleted from the IIS 10.0 server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Accounts used for web server features such as documentation, sample code, example applications, tutorials, utilities, and ser...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000080

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  • The IIS 10.0 web server must be reviewed on a regular basis to remove any Operating System features, utility programs, plug-ins, and modules not necessary for operation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Just as running unneeded services and protocols is a danger to the web server at the lower levels of the OSI model, running u...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000081

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  • The IIS 10.0 web server Indexing must only index web content.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The indexing service can be used to facilitate a search function for websites. Enabling indexing may facilitate a directory t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000159

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  • The IIS 10.0 web server must have Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) that invoke OS shell programs disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Controlling what a user of a hosted application can access is part of the security posture of the web server. Any time a user...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000085

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  • The IIS 10.0 web server must have Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A web server can be installed with functionality that by its nature is not secure. Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) is an e...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000206-WSR-000128

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  • Java software installed on a production IIS 10.0 web server must be limited to .class files and the Java Virtual Machine.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Mobile code in hosted applications allows the developer to add functionality and displays to hosted applications that are flu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000030

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  • IIS 10.0 Web server accounts accessing the directory tree, the shell, or other operating system functions and utilities must only be administrative accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;As a rule, accounts on a web server are to be kept to a minimum. Only administrators, web managers, developers, auditors, and...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000129

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  • Warning and error messages displayed to clients must be modified to minimize the identity of the IIS 10.0 web server, patches, loaded modules, and directory paths.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;HTTP error pages contain information that could enable an attacker to gain access to an information system. Failure to preven...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000315-WSR-000004

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  • The IIS 10.0 web server must separate the hosted applications from hosted web server management functionality.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The separation of user functionality from web server management can be accomplished by moving management functions to a separ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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