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V-213863

CAT II (Medium)

Access to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.

Rule ID

SV-213863r961149_rule

STIG

MS SQL Server 2014 Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R4

CCIs

CCI-001090

Discussion

Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Permitting only DBMS processes and authorized, administrative users to have access to the files where the database resides helps ensure that those files are not shared inappropriately and are not open to backdoor access and manipulation.

Check Content

Review the permissions granted to users by the operating system/file system on the database files, database transaction log files, database audit log files, and database backup files. 

If any user/role who is not an authorized system administrator with a need to know or database administrator with a need to know, or a system account for running DBMS processes, is permitted to read/view any of these files, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the permissions granted by the operating system/file system on the database files, database transaction log files, database audit log files, and database backup files so that only relevant system accounts and authorized system administrators and database administrators with a need to know are permitted to read/view these files.