Control of the Tanium Client service must be restricted to SYSTEM access only for all managed clients.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The reliability of the Tanium client's ability to operate depends upon controlling access to the Tanium client service. By restricting access to SYSTEM access only, the non-Tanium system administrator will not have the ability to impact operability of the service.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-93291r1_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Using a web browser on a system that has connectivity to Tanium, access the Tanium web UI and log on with CAC.
From the Dashboard, under "Client Service Hardening", click on "Control Service State Permissions".
The results will show a "Count" of clients matching the "Service Control is set to default permissions" query.