II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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PP-MDF-301010
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Samsung Android must be configured to enforce a minimum password length of six characters.
<VulnDiscussion>Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. The ability ...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301020
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Samsung Android must be configured to not allow passwords that include more than two repeating or sequential characters.
<VulnDiscussion>Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. Passwords th...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301030
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Samsung Android must be configured to lock the display after 15 minutes (or less) of inactivity.
<VulnDiscussion>The screen lock timeout must be set to a value that helps protect the device from unauthorized access. Having a too-long time...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301050
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Samsung Android must be configured to not allow more than 10 consecutive failed authentication attempts.
<VulnDiscussion>The more attempts an adversary has to guess a password, the more likely the adversary will enter the correct password and gai...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301080
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Samsung Android must be configured to enforce an application installation policy by specifying one or more authorized application repositories, including DoD-approved commercial app repository, management tool server, or mobile application store.
<VulnDiscussion>Forcing all applications to be installed from authorized application repositories can prevent unauthorized and malicious appl...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301090
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to enforce an application installation policy by specifying an application allowlist that restricts applications by the following characteristics: names.
<VulnDiscussion>The application allowlist, in addition to controlling the installation of applications on the MD, must control user access/ex...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301100
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The Samsung Android Work Environment allowlist must be configured to not include applications with the following characteristics: - back up MD data to non-DoD cloud servers (including user and application access to cloud backup services); - transmit MD diagnostic data to non-DoD servers; - voice assistant application if available when MD is locked; - voice dialing application if available when MD is locked; - allows synchronization of data or applications between devices associated with user; and - allows unencrypted (or encrypted but not FIPS 140-2 validated) data sharing with other MDs or printers.
<VulnDiscussion>Requiring all authorized applications to be in an application allowlist prevents the execution of any applications (e.g., una...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301110
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable all Bluetooth profiles except for HSP (Headset Profile), HFP (HandsFree Profile), SPP (Serial Port Profile), A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile), and PBAP (Phone Book Access Profile).
<VulnDiscussion>Some Bluetooth profiles provide the capability for remote transfer of sensitive DoD data without encryption or otherwise do n...Rule Low Severity -
PP-MDF-301120
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Samsung Android must be configured to not display the following (Work Environment) notifications when the device is locked: all notifications.
<VulnDiscussion>Many mobile devices display notifications on the lock screen so that users can obtain relevant information in a timely manner...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301140
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Samsung Android must be configured to enable encryption for data at rest on removable storage media or alternatively, the use of removable storage media must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The MOS must ensure the data being written to the mobile device's removable media is protected from unauthorized access. If d...Rule High Severity -
PP-MDF-301150
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable trust agents. NOTE: This requirement is not applicable (NA) for specific biometric authentication factors included in the product Common Criteria evaluation.
<VulnDiscussion>The fingerprint reader can be used to authenticate the user in order to unlock the mobile device. At this time, no mobile dev...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301150
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable Face Recognition. NOTE: This requirement is not applicable (NA) for specific biometric authentication factors included in the product Common Criteria evaluation.
<VulnDiscussion>The fingerprint reader can be used to authenticate the user in order to unlock the mobile device. At this time, no mobile dev...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301170
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable developer modes.
<VulnDiscussion>Developer modes expose features of the MOS that are not available during standard operation. An adversary may leverage a vuln...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301200
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Samsung Android must be configured to display the DoD advisory warning message at startup or each time the user unlocks the device.
<VulnDiscussion>The mobile operating system is required to display the DoD-approved system use notification message or banner before granting...Rule Low Severity -
PP-MDF-301210
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Samsung Android must be configured to disable USB mass storage mode.
<VulnDiscussion>USB mass storage mode enables the transfer of data and software from one device to another. This software can include malware...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301220
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Samsung Android must be configured to not allow backup of all applications, configuration data to locally connected systems.
<VulnDiscussion>Data on mobile devices is protected by numerous mechanisms, including user authentication, access control, and cryptography. ...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301230
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to not allow backup of all applications, configuration data to remote systems (device management backup). - Disable Backup Services
<VulnDiscussion>Backups to remote systems (including cloud backup) can leave data vulnerable to breach on the external systems, which often o...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301230
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to not allow backup of all applications, configuration data to remote systems (account management backup). - Disable Data Sync
<VulnDiscussion>Backups to remote systems (including cloud backup) can leave data vulnerable to breach on the external systems, which often o...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301240
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Samsung Android must be configured to enable authentication of personal hotspot connections to the device using a pre-shared key.
<VulnDiscussion>If no authentication is required to establish personal hotspot connections, an adversary may be able to use that device to pe...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301260
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevents application processes, groups of application processes from accessing all, private data stored by other application processes, groups of application processes. - Disable Move files to personal
<VulnDiscussion>App data sharing gives apps the ability to access the data of other apps for enhanced user functionality. However, sharing al...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301260
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Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevents application processes, groups of application processes from accessing all, private data stored by other application processes, groups of application processes. - Disable Copy and Paste data
<VulnDiscussion>App data sharing gives apps the ability to access the data of other apps for enhanced user functionality. However, sharing al...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301260
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevents application processes, groups of application processes from accessing all, private data stored by other application processes, groups of application processes. - Disable Sync Calendar to personal
<VulnDiscussion>App data sharing gives apps the ability to access the data of other apps for enhanced user functionality. However, sharing al...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-301280
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Samsung Android must be configured to disable multi-user modes (tablets only).
<VulnDiscussion>NOTE: This requirement is only applicable to Samsung tablets. Multi-user mode allows multiple users to share a mobile device...Rule Medium Severity -
PP-MDF-302490
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Samsung Android must [not accept the certificate] when it cannot establish a connection to determine the validity of a certificate.
<VulnDiscussion>Certificate-based security controls are dependent on the ability of the system to verify the validity of a certificate. If th...Rule Low Severity -
PP-MDF-991000
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Samsung Android Work Environment must be configured to prevent users from adding personal email accounts to the work email app.
<VulnDiscussion>If the user is able to add a personal email account (POP3, IMAP, EAS) to the work email app, it could be used to forward sens...Rule Medium Severity
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