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The vCenter STS service must produce log records containing sufficient information regarding event details.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-258974VCST-80-000014SV-258974r960891_ruleCCI-000067medium
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. Tomcat can be configured with an "AccessLogValve", a component that can be inserted into the request processing pipeline to provide robust access logging. The "AccessLogValve" creates log files in the same format as those created by standard web servers. When "AccessLogValve" is properly configured, log files will contain all the forensic information necessary in the case of a security incident. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000095-AS-000056, SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013, SRG-APP-000096-AS-000059, SRG-APP-000097-AS-000060, SRG-APP-000098-AS-000061, SRG-APP-000099-AS-000062, SRG-APP-000100-AS-000063, SRG-APP-000080-AS-000045, SRG-APP-000089-AS-000050, SRG-APP-000090-AS-000051, SRG-APP-000091-AS-000052, SRG-APP-000343-AS-000030, SRG-APP-000375-AS-000211, SRG-APP-000495-AS-000220, SRG-APP-000499-AS-000224, SRG-APP-000503-AS-000228
STIGDate
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service (STS) Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-05-23

Related Frameworks

13 mappings across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (20) 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
IAC-21.4Auditing Use of Privileged Functions
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

+10 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (100) 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-11(1)Pattern-hiding Displays
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-16Security and Privacy Attributes
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
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

+90 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (5) 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
3.1.7
1.00
3.3.1
1.00
3.3.2
1.00
3.3.7
1.00
CCI13 mappings
CCI-000067
1.00
CCI-000130
1.00
CCI-000131
1.00
CCI-000132
1.00
CCI-000133
1.00
CCI-000134
1.00
CCI-000166
1.00
CCI-000169
1.00
CCI-000171
1.00
CCI-000172
1.00

+3 more (top 10 by weight shown)

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-258974r960891_chk)

At the command prompt, run the following command: # xmllint --xpath '/Server/Service/Engine/Host/Valve[@className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"]/@pattern' /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml Example result: pattern="%t %I [Request] "%{User-Agent}i" %{X-Forwarded-For}i/%h:%{remote}p %l %u to local %{local}p - "%r" %H %m %U%q [Response] %s - %b bytes [Perf] process %Dms / commit %Fms / conn [%X]" Required elements: %h %{X-Forwarded-For}i %l %t %u "%r" %s %b If the log pattern does not contain the required elements in any order, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62623r934579_fix)

Navigate to and open: /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml Inside the <Host> node, find the "AccessLogValve" <Valve> node and replace the "pattern" element as follows: pattern="%t %I [Request] &quot;%{User-Agent}i&quot; %{X-Forwarded-For}i/%h:%{remote}p %l %u to local %{local}p - &quot;%r&quot; %H %m %U%q [Response] %s - %b bytes [Perf] process %Dms / commit %Fms / conn [%X]" Restart the service with the following command: # vmon-cli --restart sts