System privileges granted using the WITH ADMIN OPTION must not be granted to unauthorized user accounts.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The WITH ADMIN OPTION allows the grantee to grant a privilege to another database account. Best security practice restricts the privilege of assigning privileges to authorized personnel. Authorized personnel include DBAs, object owners, and, where designed and included in the application's functions, application administrators. Restricting privilege-granting functions to authorized accounts can help decrease mismanagement of privileges and wrongful assignments to unauthorized accounts.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-219706r879887_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Revoke assignment of privileges with the WITH ADMIN OPTION from unauthorized users and re-grant them without the option.
From SQL*Plus:
revoke [privilege name] from user [username];