The operating system must audit all account creations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56577	SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004	SV-70837r1_rule		Medium

Description
Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to simply create a new account. Auditing of account creation mitigates this risk. To address access requirements, many operating systems may be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

Description

Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to simply create a new account. Auditing of account creation mitigates this risk. To address access requirements, many operating systems may be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System SRG	2014-12-17

Details

Check Text ( C-57147r1_chk )
Verify the operating system automatically audits account creation. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61473r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to automatically audit account creation.