Access to web administration tools is restricted to the web manager and the web manager’s designees.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-2248	WG220	SV-2248r1_rule		Medium

Description
The key web service administrative and configuration tools must only be accessible by the web server staff. As these services control the functioning of the web server, access to these tools is crucial. This would include access to the Web Admin Server in Netscape, the IIS Management Console, the Apache httpd.conf file, or sysadmin.cfg in Oracle.

STIG	Date
IIS 7.0 Server STIG	2019-03-22

Details

Check Text ( C-29923r1_chk )
Determine which tool or control file is used to control the configuration of the web server. If the control of the web server is done via control files, verify who has update access to them. If tools are being used to configure the web server, determine who has access to execute the tools. If accounts other than the SA, the web manager, or the web manager designees have access to the web administration tool or control files, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-29923r1_chk )

Determine which tool or control file is used to control the configuration of the web server.

If the control of the web server is done via control files, verify who has update access to them. If tools are being used to configure the web server, determine who has access to execute the tools.

If accounts other than the SA, the web manager, or the web manager designees have access to the web administration tool or control files, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-26807r1_fix)
Restrict access to the web administration tool to only the web manager and the web manager’s designees.