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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • Virtual machines (VMs) must disable access through the "dvfilter" network Application Programming Interface (API).

    An attacker might compromise a VM by using the "dvFilter" API. Configure only VMs that need this access to use the API.
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • Virtual machines (VMs) must be configured to lock when the last console connection is closed.

    When accessing the VM console, the guest operating system must be locked when the last console user disconnects, limiting the possibility of session hijacking. This setting only applies to Windows-...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • Virtual machines (VMs) must disable 3D features when not required.

    For performance reasons, it is recommended that 3D acceleration be disabled on virtual machines that do not require 3D functionality (e.g., most server workloads or desktops not using 3D applicatio...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • Virtual machines (VMs) must enable encryption for vMotion.

    vMotion migrations in vSphere 6.0 and earlier transferred working memory and CPU state information in clear text over the vMotion network. As of vSphere 6.5, this transfer can be transparently encr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-VMM-002000

    Group
  • Virtual machines (VMs) must enable encryption for Fault Tolerance.

    Fault Tolerance log traffic can be encrypted. This could contain sensitive data from the protected machine's memory or CPU instructions. vSphere Fault Tolerance performs frequent checks between a ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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