STIGQter: STIG Summary: Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 5 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 23 Oct 2020:

The application must generate audit records for privileged activities or other system-level access.

DISA Rule

SV-222463r508029_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-222463

Group Title

SRG-APP-000504

Rule Version

APSC-DV-000840

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000172 - The information system generates audit records for the events defined in AU-2 d. with the content defined in AU-3.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the application to write a log entry when privileged activities or other system-level events occur.

Check Contents

Review and monitor the application logs.

Authenticate to the application as a privileged user and observe if the log includes an entry to indicate the user’s authentication was successful.

Perform actions as an admin or other privileged user such as modifying the logging verbosity, or starting or stopping an application service, or terminating a test user session.

If log events that correspond with the actions performed are not recorded in the logs, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-222463

Documentable

False

Rule Version

APSC-DV-000840

Severity Override Guidance

Review and monitor the application logs.

Authenticate to the application as a privileged user and observe if the log includes an entry to indicate the user’s authentication was successful.

Perform actions as an admin or other privileged user such as modifying the logging verbosity, or starting or stopping an application service, or terminating a test user session.

If log events that correspond with the actions performed are not recorded in the logs, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4093

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