The Motorola Android Pie must be configured to enforce an application installation policy by specifying one or more authorized application repositories, including [selection: DoD-approved commercial app repository, MDM server, mobile application store].

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-230115	MOTO-09-000800	SV-230115r569707_rule		Medium

Description
Forcing all applications to be installed from authorized application repositories can prevent unauthorized and malicious applications from being installed and executed on mobile devices. Allowing such installations and executions could cause a compromise of DoD data accessible by these unauthorized/malicious applications. SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #8a

STIG	Date
Motorola Android 9.x COBO Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-10-16

Details

Check Text ( C-32430r538341_chk )
Review Motorola Android device configuration settings to determine if the mobile device has only approved application repositories (DoD-approved commercial app repository, MDM server, and/or mobile application store). This validation procedure is performed on both the MDM Administration Console and the Android Pie device. On the MDM console: 1. Open Restrictions section. 2. Set Allow "Google Play" (Uses only Managed Google Play). 3. Verify that Disallow is set for "Install unknown sources". On the Android Pie device: 1. Open Settings >> Apps and notifications >> Advanced >> Special app access. 2. Open "Install unknown apps". 3. Verify the list of apps is blank or if an app is on the list, "Disabled by admin" is listed under the app name. If the MDM console device policy is not set to allow connections to only approved application repositories, or on the Android Pie device, the device policy is not set to allow connections to only approved application repositories, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-32430r538341_chk )

Review Motorola Android device configuration settings to determine if the mobile device has only approved application repositories (DoD-approved commercial app repository, MDM server, and/or mobile application store).

This validation procedure is performed on both the MDM Administration Console and the Android Pie device.

On the MDM console:
1. Open Restrictions section.
2. Set Allow "Google Play" (Uses only Managed Google Play).
3. Verify that Disallow is set for "Install unknown sources".

On the Android Pie device:
1. Open Settings >> Apps and notifications >> Advanced >> Special app access.
2. Open "Install unknown apps".
3. Verify the list of apps is blank or if an app is on the list, "Disabled by admin" is listed under the app name.

If the MDM console device policy is not set to allow connections to only approved application repositories, or on the Android Pie device, the device policy is not set to allow connections to only approved application repositories, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32408r538342_fix)
Configure the Motorola Android device to disable unauthorized application repositories. On the MDM console: 1. Open Restrictions section. 2. Set Allow "Google Play" (Uses only Managed Google Play). 3. Set Disallow "Install unknown sources".