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V-74199

CAT II (Medium)

The process by which the Solidcore client Command Line Interface (CLI) Access Password is made available to administrators when needed must be documented in the organizations written policy.

Rule ID

SV-88873r1_rule

STIG

McAfee Application Control 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-002041

Discussion

The Solidcore client can be configured locally at the CLI, but only when accessed with the required password. Since the McAfee Application Control configuration is to be managed by ePO policies, allowing enablement of the CLI to would introduce the capability of local configuration changes. Strict management of the accessibility of the CLI is necessary in order to prevent its misuse. The misuse of the CLI would open the system up to the possible configuration changes potentially allowing malicious applications to execute unknowingly.

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Note: The CLI Access is in lockdown mode by default when being managed by ePO. Since the CLI Access can be recovered for troubleshooting, this requirement needs to be met.

Consult with the ISSO/ISSM to obtain a copy of the organization's documented policy for application whitelisting.

The policy must contain procedures for accessing the CLI password, to include the SA gaining access to an approved safe in order for obtaining the password.

If a procedure does not exist for accessing the CLI password as described above, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Follow the formal change and acceptance process to update the written policy to include procedures for accessing the CLI password and how the SA gains access to an approved safe in order for obtaining the password.