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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance ESX Agent Manager (EAM) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000095-AS-000056

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must set URIEncoding to UTF-8.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into a hosted application's data entry field and the hosted ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must produce log records containing sufficient information regarding event details.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the server. By recording all remote access activities, it will be...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000118-AS-000078

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service logs folder permissions must be set correctly.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log data is essential in the investigation of events. The accuracy of the information is always pertinent. One of the first s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-AS-000092

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must limit privileges for creating or modifying hosted application shared files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application servers have the ability to specify that the hosted applications use shared libraries. The application server mus...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must disable stack tracing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Stack tracing provides debugging information from the application call stacks when a runtime error is encountered. If stack t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142-AS-000014

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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