The Samsung KNOX for Android platform must disable the automatic transfer of diagnostic data to an external device.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-69665	KNOX-35-030100	SV-84287r1_rule		Low

Description
Many software systems automatically send diagnostic data to the manufacturer or a third party. This data enables the developers to understand real-world field behavior and improve the product based on that information. Unfortunately, it can also reveal information about what DoD users are doing with the systems and what causes them to fail. An adversary embedded within the software development team or elsewhere could use the information acquired to breach mobile operating system security. Disabling automatic transfer of such information mitigates this risk. SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1#45

Description

Many software systems automatically send diagnostic data to the manufacturer or a third party. This data enables the developers to understand real-world field behavior and improve the product based on that information. Unfortunately, it can also reveal information about what DoD users are doing with the systems and what causes them to fail. An adversary embedded within the software development team or elsewhere could use the information acquired to breach mobile operating system security. Disabling automatic transfer of such information mitigates this risk. SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1#45

STIG	Date
Samsung Android OS 6 (with KNOX 2.x) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-11-14

Details

Check Text ( C-70101r1_chk )
Disabling automatic transfer of diagnostic data to an external device on Samsung KNOX for Android involves three steps: 1. Disable Google Crash report 2. Configure a KNOX on-premise license 3. Disable Report diagnostic info This validation procedure covers the second of these steps. 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 "KNOX License" settings in the "KNOX Management" rule. 2. Verify the correct DoD-issued KNOX license is configured. If the correct DoD-issued KNOX license is not configured in the "KNOX License" setting, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-70101r1_chk )

Disabling automatic transfer of diagnostic data to an external device on Samsung KNOX for Android involves three steps:
1. Disable Google Crash report
2. Configure a KNOX on-premise license
3. Disable Report diagnostic info

This validation procedure covers the second of these steps. 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 "KNOX License" settings in the "KNOX Management" rule.
2. Verify the correct DoD-issued KNOX license is configured.

If the correct DoD-issued KNOX license is not configured in the "KNOX License" setting, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-75855r1_fix)
Configure the mobile operating system to disable automatic transfer of diagnostic data to an external device other than an MDM service with which the device has enrolled. Configure the DoD-issued KNOX license. On the MDM Administration Console, configure the DoD-issued KNOX license in the "KNOX Management" rule.