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The Mainframe Product must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-205544SRG-APP-000340-MFP-000088SV-205544r961353_ruleCCI-002235medium
Description
Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or processes may gain unnecessary access to information or privileges. Privileged functions include, for example, establishing accounts, performing system integrity checks, or administering cryptographic key management activities. Non-privileged users are individuals that do not possess appropriate authorizations. Circumventing intrusion detection and prevention mechanisms or malicious code protection mechanisms are examples of privileged functions that require protection from non-privileged users.
STIGDate
Mainframe Product Security Requirements Guide2026-05-23

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) 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.

IAC-21.5Prohibit Non-Privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (50) 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-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
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
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00
AC-3(7)Role-based Access Control
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) 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.

3.1.7
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-002235
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-205544r961353_chk)

Examine installation and configuration settings. Determine the Mainframe Product privileged functions. If the Mainframe Product uses an external security manager (ESM) for access authorizations, verify the ESM prevents access to privileged functions to appropriate privileged users. If it does not, this is a finding. If the Mainframe Product does not use an ESM to verify installation and configuration settings to prevent access to privileged functions to appropriate privileged users, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-5810r299866_fix)

Configure the Mainframe Product to prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions. This can be accomplished using the ESM. Configure the ESM to restrict update and higher access to privileged functions to privileged users.