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GEN008480-ESXI5-000122 - The system must have USB Mass Storage disabled unless needed.

Information

USB is a common computer peripheral interface. USB devices may include storage devices that could be used to install malicious software on a system or exfiltrate data.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

To modify hardware enabled options: Interrupt the host computer's boot process and enter the BIOS menu. Inspect the menu option for USB mass storage connectivity. Disable USB mass storage connectivity.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_ESXi5_Server_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, Group-ID|V-39289, Rule-ID|SV-250609r798826_rule, STIG-ID|GEN008480-ESXI5-000122, STIG-Legacy|SV-51105, STIG-Legacy|V-39289, Vuln-ID|V-250609

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: a0a5e8278bd4960d9b07340eeefbd6a3566c8a59ebf48e7b607a9be72f1b2b25