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The Palo Alto Networks security platform must disable WMI probing if it is not used.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-228838PANW-AG-000036SV-228838r557387_ruleCCI-000381medium
Description
User-ID can use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) probing as a method of mapping users to IP addresses. If this is used, the User-ID Agent will send a probe to each learned IP address in its list to verify that the same user is still logged in. The results of the probe will be used to update the record on the agent and then be passed on to the firewall. WMI probing is a Microsoft feature that collects user information from Windows hosts, and contains a username and encrypted password hash of a Domain Administrator account. WMI probing on external/untrusted zones can result in the User-ID agent sending WMI probes to external/untrusted hosts. An attacker can capture these probes and obtain the username, domain name and encrypted password hash associated with the User-ID account. If WMI probing is not used as a method of user to IP address mapping, it must be disabled.
STIGDate
Palo Alto Networks ALG Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-03-12

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 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.

CFG-01Configuration Management Program
1.00
CFG-03Least Functionality
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (36) 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-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(9)Disconnect or Disable Access
1.00
AC-18(1)Authentication and Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-3Content of Audit Records
1.00

+26 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

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.

3.4.6
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000381
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 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.

PR.PS-01
1.00
PR.PS-05
1.00

Who does this work

5 NICE work roles and 5 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-228838r557387_chk)

Ask the Administrator if User-ID uses WMI Probing; if it does, this is not a finding. Go to Device >> User Identification On the "User Mapping" tab, in the "Palo Alto Networks User ID Agent" pane, view the "Enable Probing" check box. If it is selected, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31050r513810_fix)

To disable WMI probing if it is not used: Go to Device >> User Identification On the "User Mapping" tab, in the "Palo Alto Networks User ID Agent" pane, view the "Enable Probing" check box. If it is selected, select the "Edit" icon in the upper-right corner of the pane. In the "Palo Alto Networks User ID Agent Setup" window, in the "Client Probing" tab, deselect the "Enable Probing" check box.