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JBoss process owner interactive access must be restricted.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-62261 JBOS-AS-000220 SV-76751r1_rule High
Description
JBoss does not require admin rights to operate and should be run as a regular user. In addition, if the user account was to be compromised and the account was allowed interactive logon rights, this would increase the risk and attack surface against the JBoss system. The right to interactively log on to the system using the JBoss account should be limited according to the OS capabilities.
STIG Date
JBoss EAP 6.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-06-12

Details

Check Text ( C-63065r1_chk )
Identify the user account used to run the JBoss server. Use relevant OS commands to determine logon rights to the system. This account should not have full shell/interactive access to the system.

If the user account used to operate JBoss can log on interactively, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-68181r1_fix)
Use the relevant OS commands to restrict JBoss user account from interactively logging on to the console of the JBoss system.

For Windows systems, use GPO.

For UNIX like systems using ssh DenyUsers or follow established procedure for restricting access.