III - Administrative Sensitive
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000272
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The Exchange malware scanning agent must be configured for automatic updates.
Antimalware protection in Exchange Server 2019 helps combat viruses and spyware in an email messaging environment. Viruses infect other programs and data, and they spread throughout computer lookin...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000295
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The Exchange receive connector timeout must be limited.
Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning. This configuration controls the number of idle minutes before the connection is dropped. It works in conjun...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000340
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Role-Based Access Control must be defined for privileged and nonprivileged users.
Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is the permissions model used in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019. With RBAC, there is no need to modify and manage access control lists (ACLs), which...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000378
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The Exchange application directory must be protected from unauthorized access.
Default product installations may provide more generous access permissions than are necessary to run the application. By examining and tailoring access permissions to provide the least amount of pr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000380
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An Exchange software baseline copy must exist.
Exchange software, as with other application software installed on a host system, must be included in a system baseline record and periodically reviewed; otherwise, unauthorized changes to the soft...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000381
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Exchange software must be monitored for unauthorized changes.
Monitoring software files for changes against a baseline on a regular basis may help detect the possible introduction of malicious code on a system.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000383
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Exchange services must be documented, and unnecessary services must be removed or disabled.
Unneeded but running services offer attackers an enhanced attack profile, and attackers are constantly watching to discover open ports with running services. By analyzing and disabling unneeded ser...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000391
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Exchange Outlook Anywhere clients must use NTLM authentication to access email.
Identification and authentication provide the foundation for access control. Access to email services applications require NTLM authentication. Outlook Anywhere, if authorized for use by the site, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000431
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The Exchange email application must not share a partition with another application.
In the same way that added security layers can provide a cumulative positive effect on security posture, multiple applications can provide a cumulative negative effect. A vulnerability and subseque...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000435
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Exchange must not send delivery reports to remote domains.
Attackers can use automated messages to determine whether a user account is active, in the office, traveling, and so on. An attacker might use this information to conduct future attacks. Ensure tha...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000435
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Exchange must not send nondelivery reports to remote domains.
Attackers can use automated messages to determine whether a user account is active, in the office, traveling, and so on. An attacker might use this information to conduct future attacks. Ensure tha...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000435
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The Exchange SMTP automated banner response must not reveal server details.
Automated connection responses occur as a result of FTP or Telnet connections when connecting to those services. They report a successful connection by greeting the connecting client and stating th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000435
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Exchange internal send connectors must use an authentication level.
The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) connector is used by Exchange to send and receive messages from server to server. Several controls work together to provide security between internal server...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000435
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Exchange must provide mailbox databases in a highly available and redundant configuration.
Exchange Server mailbox databases and any data contained in those mailboxes should be protected. This can be accomplished by configuring Mailbox servers and databases for high availability and site...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000439
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The application must protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information.
Without protection of the transmitted information, confidentiality and integrity may be compromised since unprotected communications can be intercepted and either read or altered. This requirement...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000456
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Exchange must have the most current, approved Cumulative Update installed.
Failure to install the most current Exchange Cumulative Update (CU) leaves a system vulnerable to exploitation. Current CUs correct known security and system vulnerabilities.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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Exchange must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DOD security configuration or implementation guidance, including STIGs, NSA configuration guides, CTOs, and DTMs.
Configuring Exchange to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline acros...Rule Medium Severity
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