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XCCDF
VMware vSphere 7.0 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000
SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000
1 Rule
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The ESXi host must not provide root/administrator-level access to Common Information Model (CIM)-based hardware monitoring tools or other third-party applications.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>The CIM system provides an interface that enables hardware-level management from remote applications via a set of standard application programming interfaces (APIs). In environments that implement CIM hardware monitoring, create a limited-privilege, read-only service account for CIM and place this user in the Exception Users list. When CIM write access is required, create a new role with only the "Host.CIM.Interaction" permission and apply that role to the CIM service account.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>