All IIS 10.0 web server sample code, example applications, and tutorials must be removed from a production IIS 10.0 server.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials may be an exploitable threat to a web server. A production web server may only contain components that are operationally necessary (i.e., compiled code, scripts, web content, etc.). Delete all directories containing samples and any scripts used to execute the samples.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-218795r960963_rule
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Remove any executable sample code, example applications, or tutorials which are not explicitly used by a production website.