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Performance Charts must generate log records for system startup and shutdown.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-256616VCPF-70-000006SV-256616r888339_ruleCCI-000169medium
Description
Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and when a service is stopped. Many forms of suspicious actions can be detected by analyzing logs for unexpected service starts and stops. Also, by starting to log immediately after a service starts, it becomes more difficult for suspicious activity to go unlogged. On the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), the "vmware-vmon" service starts up the Java virtual machines (JVMs) for various vCenter processes, including Performance Charts, and the individual json config files control the early JVM logging. Ensuring these json files are configured correctly enables early Java "stdout" and "stderr" logging. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000089-WSR-000047, SRG-APP-000092-WSR-000055
STIGDate
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Perfcharts Security Technical Implementation Guide2023-02-21

Related Frameworks

2 mappings 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 (58) 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-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(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(3)Mandatory Access Control
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
AC-7Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
1.00

+48 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
CCI2 mappings
CCI-000169
1.00
CCI-001464
1.00
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.

DE.CM-01
1.00
DE.CM-03
1.00
DE.CM-09
1.00
PR.PS-04
1.00

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-256616r888339_chk)

At the command prompt, run the following command: # grep StreamRedirectFile /etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/perfcharts.json Expected result: "StreamRedirectFile" : "%VMWARE_LOG_DIR%/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log", If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60234r888338_fix)

Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/perfcharts.json Below the last line of the "PreStartCommandArg" block, add the following line: "StreamRedirectFile" : "%VMWARE_LOG_DIR%/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log", Restart the appliance for changes to take effect.