The vCenter VAMI service must generate information to monitor remote access.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-259139 | VCLD-80-000005 | SV-259139r1003691_rule | CCI-000067 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Remote access can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the server. By recording all remote access activities, it will be possible to determine the attacker's location, intent, and degree of success. VAMI uses the "mod_accesslog" module to log information relating to remote requests. These logs can then be piped to external monitoring systems. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-05-23 | |||
Related Frameworks
1 mapping across 4 frameworks
Related 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.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2equal to
NIST 800-530 mappings
No source states a mapping between these directly.
Also reachable in 2 hops (22) 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.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
+12 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.
3.1.12
1.00
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000067
1.00
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
Details
Check Text (C-259139r1003691_chk)
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# /opt/vmware/cap_lighttpd/sbin/lighttpd -p -f /var/lib/vmware/cap-lighttpd/lighttpd.conf 2>/dev/null|awk '/server\.modules/,/\)/'|grep mod_accesslog
Example result:
"mod_accesslog",
If the "mod_accesslog" is not present, this is a finding.
Note: The command must be run from a bash shell and not from a shell generated by the "appliance shell". Use the "chsh" command to change the shell for the account to "/bin/bash". Refer to KB Article 2100508 for more details:
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2100508
Fix Text (F-62788r1003690_fix)
Navigate to and open:
/opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/applmgmt-lighttpd.conf
Add the following value in the "server.modules" section:
mod_accesslog
The result should be similar to the following:
server.modules += ("mod_accesslog", "mod_cgi", "mod_magnet", "mod_rewrite")
Restart the service with the following command:
# systemctl restart cap-lighttpd