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The WebSphere Application Server must generate log records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access subject privileges occur.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-81237WBSP-AS-000380SV-95951r1_ruleCCI-000172low
Description
Accessing a subject's privileges can be used to elevate a lower-privileged subject's privileges temporarily in order to cause harm to the application server or to gain privileges to operate temporarily for a designed purpose. When these actions take place, the event needs to be logged. Application servers either provide a local user store, or they integrate with enterprise user stores like LDAP. When the application server provides the user store and enforces authentication, the application server must generate a log record when modification of privileges is successfully or unsuccessfully performed.
STIGDate
IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2018-08-24

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (15) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

END-01Endpoint Device Management (EDM)
1.00
END-04Malicious Code Protection (Anti-Malware)
1.00
END-06Endpoint File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
1.00
MON-01Continuous Monitoring
1.00
MON-01.1Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems (IDS & IPS)
1.00
MON-01.3Inbound & Outbound Communications Traffic
1.00
MON-01.4System Generated Alerts
1.00
MON-01.7File Integrity Monitoring (FIM)
1.00
MON-01.8Security Event Monitoring
1.00
MON-03Content of Event Logs
1.00

+5 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (80) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-16Security and Privacy Attributes
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00

+70 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.3.1
1.00
3.3.2
1.00
CCI1 mapping
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (4) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

Who does this work

12 NICE work roles and 9 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-95951r1_chk)

In the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Security auditing >> Audit Service Provider. Click on the providers in the list. Note: names of all the filters, e.g., "DefaultAuditSpecification_1". Go back to Security >> Security auditing >> Event type Filters. Find the filters previously noted. If you do not see the filter for SECURITY_AUTHN, SECURITY_AUTHZ, SECURITY_AUTHN_TERMINATE, and ADMIN_REPOSITORY_SAVE that has INFO, ERROR, SUCCESS, DENIED, REDIRECT, and WARNING defined, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-88017r1_fix)

In the administrative console, navigate to Security >> Security auditing >> Audit Service Provider. Click on the providers in the list. Note the names of all the filters, e.g., "DefaultAuditSpecification_1". Go back to Security >> Security auditing >> Event type Filters. Find the filters previously noted. If you do not see that the provider filter for SECURITY_AUTHN, SECURITY_AUTHZ, SECURITY_AUTHN_TERMINATE, and ADMIN_REPOSITORY_SAVE that has INFO, ERROR, SUCCESS, DENIED, REDIRECT, and WARNING defined, click the "New" button to create a new filter. Give it a unique name. Select "SECURITY_AUTHN" and "ADMIN_REPOSITORY_SAVE" from the "Events to associate with audit filter" field. Click the right arrow to fill in "Enabled events" field. From "Event outcomes to associate with an audit filter" field, select INFO, ERROR, SUCCESS, DENIED, REDIRECT, and WARNING. Click the right arrow to fill in "Enabled event outcomes" field. Click "OK". Go back to Security >> Security auditing >> Audit Service Provider >> [provider]. Under "Selectable filters", select the new filter just created. Click the right arrow to add it to the list. Click "OK". Click "Save". Restart the DMGR and all the JVMs.