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Samsung Android 14 MDFPP 3.3 BYOAD Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • PP-MDF-333160

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  • Samsung Android must be configured to display the DOD advisory warning message at startup or each time the user unlocks the device.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Before granting access to the system, the mobile operating system is required to display the DOD-approved system use notifica...
    Rule Low Severity
  • PP-MDF-333025

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  • Samsung Android must be configured to not allow passwords that include more than four repeating or sequential characters.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. Passwords th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333024

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  • Samsung Android must be configured to enforce a minimum password length of six characters.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. The ability ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333040

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  • Samsung Android must be configured to not allow more than 10 consecutive failed authentication attempts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The more attempts an adversary has to guess a password, the more likely the adversary will enter the correct password and gai...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333026

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  • Samsung Android must be configured to lock the display after 15 minutes (or less) of inactivity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The screen lock timeout must be set to a value that helps protect the device from unauthorized access. Having a too-long time...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333110

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  • Samsung Android must be configured to disable authentication mechanisms providing user access to protected data other than a Password Authentication Factor: Face recognition.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The biometric factor can be used to authenticate the user to unlock the mobile device. Unapproved/evaluated biometric mechani...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333030

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  • Samsung Android must be configured to enable a screen-lock policy that will lock the display after a period of inactivity - Disable trust agents.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The screen lock timeout must be set to a value that helps protect the device from unauthorized access. Having a too-long time...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-993300

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  • Samsung Android's Work profile must have the DOD root and intermediate PKI certificates installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DOD root and intermediate PKI certificates are used to verify the authenticity of PKI certificates of users and web services....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333060

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  • Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to enforce an application installation policy by specifying an application allowlist that restricts applications by the following characteristics: Names.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The application allowlist, in addition to controlling the installation of applications on the MD, must control user access/ex...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333070

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  • Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to not allow installation of applications with the following characteristics: - Back up MD data to non-DOD cloud servers (including user and application access to cloud backup services); - Transmit MD diagnostic data to non-DOD servers; - Voice assistant application if available when MD is locked; - Voice dialing application if available when MD is locked; - Allows synchronization of data or applications between devices associated with user; and - Allows unencrypted (or encrypted but not FIPS 140-3 validated) data sharing with other MDs or printers. - Apps which backup their own data to a remote system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Requiring all authorized applications to be in an application allowlist prevents the execution of any applications (e.g., una...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333080

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  • Samsung Android must be configured to not display the following (Work Environment) notifications when the device is locked: All notifications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Many mobile devices display notifications on the lock screen so that users can obtain relevant information in a timely manner...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-993300

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  • Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to prevent users from adding personal email accounts to the work email app.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the user is able to add a personal email account (POP3, IMAP, EAS) to the work email app, it could be used to forward sens...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333250

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  • Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to not allow backup of all applications, configuration data to remote systems.- Disable Data Sync Framework.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Backups to remote systems (including cloud backup) can leave data vulnerable to breach on the external systems, which often o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333280

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  • Samsung Android 14 must prohibit DOD VPN profiles in the Personal Profile.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If DOD VPN profiles are configured in the Personal Profile DOD sensitive data world be at risk of compromise and the DOD netw...
    Rule Low Severity
  • PP-MDF-993300

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  • Samsung Android's Work profile must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevent application processes and groups of application processes from accessing all data stored by other application processes and groups of application processes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;App data sharing gives apps the ability to access the data of other apps for enhanced user functionality. However, sharing al...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333350

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  • Samsung Android's Work profile must allow only the Administrator (management tool) to perform the following management function: Install/remove DOD root and intermediate PKI certificates.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;DOD root and intermediate PKI certificates are used to verify the authenticity of PKI certificates of users and web services....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-333050

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  • Samsung Android must be configured to enforce an application installation policy by specifying one or more authorized application repositories, including DOD-approved commercial app repository, management tool server, or mobile application store.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Forcing all applications to be installed from authorized application repositories can prevent unauthorized and malicious appl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-993300

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  • Samsung Android device users must complete required training.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The security posture of Samsung devices requires the device user to configure several required policy rules on their device. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-993300

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  • The Samsung Android device must have the latest available Samsung Android operating system (OS) installed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Required security features are not available in earlier OS versions. In addition, earlier versions may have known vulnerabili...
    Rule High Severity
  • PP-MDF-331090

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  • The Samsung Android device must be configured to enable Certificate Revocation List (CRL) status checking.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A CRL allows a certificate issuer to revoke a certificate for any reason, including improperly issued certificates and compro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-993300

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  • The Samsung Android device work profile must be configured to enforce the system application disable list.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The system application disable list controls user access to/execution of all core and preinstalled applications. Core appl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-993300

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  • The Samsung Android device work profile must be configured to disable automatic completion of workspace internet browser text input.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The autofill functionality in the web browser allows the user to complete a form that contains sensitive information, such as...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-993300

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  • The Samsung Android device work profile must be configured to disable the autofill services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The autofill services allow the user to complete text inputs that could contain sensitive information, such as personally ide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • PP-MDF-993300

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  • The Samsung Android device must be configured to disable the use of third-party keyboards.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Many third-party keyboard applications are known to contain malware. SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;F...
    Rule Low Severity

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