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VMware vSphere 8.0 Virtual Machine Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Virtual machines (VMs) must prevent unauthorized removal, connection, and modification of devices.

    <VulnDiscussion>In a virtual machine, users and processes without root or administrator privileges can connect or disconnect devices, such as...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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    Group
  • Virtual machines (VMs) must not be able to obtain host information from the hypervisor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If enabled, a VM can obtain detailed information about the physical host. The default value for the parameter is FALSE. This ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

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    Group
  • Virtual machines (VMs) must have shared salt values disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When salting is enabled (Mem.ShareForceSalting=1 or 2) to share a page between two virtual machines, both salt and the conten...
    Rule Low Severity

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