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I - Mission Critical Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000054

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  • The operating system must provide the capability to automatically process audit records for events of interest based upon selectable, event criteria.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without an audit reporting capability, users find it difficult to identify specific patterns of attack.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000064

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  • The operating system must generate audit records for the selected list of auditable events as defined in DoD list of events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000037

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  • Audit records must include what type of events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without proper system auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000038

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  • Audit records must include when (date and time) the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without accurate time stamps malicious activity cannot be accurately tracked.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000039

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  • Audit records must include where the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000040

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  • Audit records must include the sources of the events that occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without accurate source information malicious activity cannot be accurately tracked.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000041

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  • Audit records must include the outcome (success or failure) of the events that occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tracking both the successful and unsuccessful attempts aids in identifying threats to the system.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;F...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The audit system must be configured to audit file deletions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, malicious activity cannot be detected.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000004

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  • The audit system must be configured to audit account creation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, malicious activity cannot be detected.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000239

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  • The audit system must be configured to audit account modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, malicious activity cannot be detected.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000240

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  • The operating system must automatically audit account disabling actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, malicious activity cannot be detected.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000241

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  • The operating system must automatically audit account termination.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, malicious activity cannot be detected.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The operating system must ensure unauthorized, security-relevant configuration changes detected are tracked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, malicious activity cannot be detected.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePositives&gt;&...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The audit system must be configured to audit all administrative, privileged, and security actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000032

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  • The audit system must be configured to audit login, logout, and session initiation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The audit system must be configured to audit failed attempts to access files and programs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000061

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  • The operating system must protect against an individual falsely denying having performed a particular action. In order to do so the system must be configured to send audit records to a remote audit server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Keeping audit records on a remote system reduces the likelihood of audit records being changed or corrupted. Duplicating and ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The auditing system must not define a different auditing level for specific users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing, individual system accesses cannot be tracked, and malicious activity cannot be detected and traced back to ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000046

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  • The operating system must alert designated organizational officials in the event of an audit processing failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Proper alerts to system administrators and IA officials of audit failures ensure a timely response to critical system issues....
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000047

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  • The operating system must shut down by default upon audit failure (unless availability is an overriding concern).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Continuing to operate a system without auditing working properly can result in undocumented access or system changes.&lt;/Vul...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000057

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  • The operating system must protect audit information from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480

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  • The System packages must be up to date with the most recent vendor updates and security fixes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to install security updates can provide openings for attack.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt;/FalsePo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000256

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  • The operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to maintain system configurations may result in privilege escalation.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000257

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  • The operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to maintain system configurations may result in privilege escalation.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000258

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  • The operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to maintain system configurations may result in privilege escalation.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&lt...
    Rule Medium Severity

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