Detections
Analytics
VCUI-67-000007 - vSphere UI log files must only be accessible by privileged users.
Information
Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve.In addition, access to log records provides information an attacker could potentially use to their advantage since each event record might contain communication ports, protocols, services, trust relationships, user names, etc. The vSphere UI restricts all access to log file by default, but this configuration must be verified.
Satisfies: SRG-APP-000118-WSR-000068, SRG-APP-000119-WSR-000069, SRG-APP-000120-WSR-000070
Solution
At the command prompt, execute the following commands:# chmod 600 /storage/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/<file>
# chown vsphere-ui:users /storage/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/<file>
Note: Substitute <file> with the listed file.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 6.7 UI Tomcat v1r1
References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, Rule-ID|SV-239688r679170_rule, STIG-ID|VCUI-67-000007, Vuln-ID|V-239688
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: b148bddd61541317ffe7630b0b202f2483f30cb27fbc6fee433fd53fb3d97915