The LG Android 5.0 platform must be configured to enforce an application installation policy through an application whitelist specifying a set of allowed applications and versions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-58779	LGA5-10-000500	SV-73209r1_rule		Medium

Description
Requiring all authorized applications to be in an application whitelist prevents the execution of any applications (e.g., unauthorized, malicious) that are not part of the whitelist. Failure to configure an application whitelist properly could allow unauthorized and malicious applications to be downloaded, installed, and executed on the mobile device, causing a compromise of DoD data accessible by these applications. SFR ID: FMT_SMF.1.1 #10

Description

Requiring all authorized applications to be in an application whitelist prevents the execution of any applications (e.g., unauthorized, malicious) that are not part of the whitelist. Failure to configure an application whitelist properly could allow unauthorized and malicious applications to be downloaded, installed, and executed on the mobile device, causing a compromise of DoD data accessible by these applications. SFR ID: FMT_SMF.1.1 #10

STIG	Date
LG Android 5.x Interim Security Configuration Guide	2015-09-22

Details

Check Text ( C-59623r2_chk )
This validation procedure is performed on the MDM Administration Console. Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console: 1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the "Application whitelist configuration" setting in the MDM console. 2. Verify the "Application whitelist configuration" setting is enabled. 3. Verify all applications on the list of white-listed applications have been approved by the Approving Official (AO). 4. Verify the mobile device is on the list of managed devices in the MDM console. Note: This list can be empty if no applications have been approved. If the "Application whitelist configuration" setting is disabled, or if applications listed in the MDM console "Application whitelist configuration" are not approved by the AO, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-59623r2_chk )

This validation procedure is performed on the MDM Administration Console.

Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console:
1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the "Application whitelist configuration" setting in the MDM console.
2. Verify the "Application whitelist configuration" setting is enabled.
3. Verify all applications on the list of white-listed applications have been approved by the Approving Official (AO).
4. Verify the mobile device is on the list of managed devices in the MDM console.

Note: This list can be empty if no applications have been approved.

If the "Application whitelist configuration" setting is disabled, or if applications listed in the MDM console "Application whitelist configuration" are not approved by the AO, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-64163r1_fix)
Configure the mobile device to allow installing application based on whitelist. On the MDM Administration Console, enable "Application whitelist configuration".