| V-80391 | High | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox device must have the latest available Samsung Android operating system (OS) installed. | Required security features are not available in earlier OS versions. In addition, there may be known vulnerabilities in earlier versions.
SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47 |
| V-80307 | High | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must use a NIAP-certified CONTAINER for work data and applications. | When a DoD mobile device contains apps in the personal CONTAINER that have not been vetted by the DoD for malware or risky behaviors, the personal CONTAINER must be considered an untrusted... |
| V-80369 | High | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Enable CC mode. | CC mode implements several security controls required by the Mobile Device Functional Protection Profile (MDFPP). If CC mode is not implemented, DoD data is more at risk of being compromised, and... |
| V-80393 | High | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to enable encryption for information at rest on removable storage media or alternately, the use of removable storage media must be disabled. | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must ensure the data being written to the mobile device's removable media is protected from unauthorized access. If data at rest is unencrypted, it is vulnerable to... |
| V-80379 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox for Android must implement the management setting: Disable Samsung Wi-Fi Sharing. | Wi-Fi Tethering allows a device to act as an Access Point, sharing its data connection with other wirelessly connected devices. Previously the device could only share its mobile (cellular) data... |
| V-80305 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to implement the management setting: Enable CONTAINER. | The CONTAINER must be enabled by the Administrator/MDM or the CONTAINER's protections will not apply to the mobile device. This will cause the mobile device's apps and data to be at significantly... |
| V-80381 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must be configured to not allow backup of [all applications, configuration data] to remote systems: Disable Allow Google Accounts Auto Sync. | Backups to remote systems (including cloud backup) can leave data vulnerable to breach on the external systems, which often offer less protection than the Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER.... |
| V-80285 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER whitelist must be configured to not include applications with the following characteristics: Voice assistant application if available when mobile device (MD) is locked. | 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... |
| V-80317 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Configure to enforce a minimum CONTAINER password length of four characters. | Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute-force attacks. The ability to crack a password is a function of how many attempts an adversary is... |
| V-80313 | Medium | The Samsung DeX Station/Pad multimedia dock must not be connected directly to a DoD network. | If the Samsung DeX Station/Pad multimedia dock is connected to a DoD network, the Samsung smartphone connected to the DeX Station will be connected to the DoD network as well. The Samsung... |
| V-80311 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 mobile device users must complete required training. | The security posture of Samsung devices requires the device user to configure several required policy rules on their device. User Based Enforcement (UBE) is required for these controls. In... |
| V-80287 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER whitelist must be configured to not include applications with the following characteristics: Voice dialing application if available when mobile device (MD) is locked. | 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... |
| V-80373 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: USB host mode whitelist. | The USB host mode feature allows select USB devices to connect to the device (e.g., USB flash drives, USB mouse, USB keyboard) using a micro USB to USB adapter cable. A user can copy sensitive DoD... |
| V-80279 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox whitelist must be configured to not include applications with the following characteristics: Transmit mobile device (MD) diagnostic data to non-DoD servers. | 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... |
| V-80407 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Disable sharing of calendar information outside the CONTAINER. | Calendar events can include potentially DoD sensitive data such as names, contacts, dates and times, and locations. If made available outside the CONTAINER, this information will be accessible to... |
| V-80405 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Disable Move Files from CONTAINER to Personal. | Allowing movement of files between the CONTAINER and personal side will result in both personal data and sensitive DoD data being placed in the same space. This can potentially result in DoD data... |
| V-80401 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must implement the management setting: Install DoD root and intermediate PKI certificates on the device. | DoD root and intermediate PKI certificates are used to verify the authenticity of PKI certificates of users and web services. If the root and intermediate certificates are not available, an... |
| V-80271 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Configure application disable list. | Applications from various sources (including the vendor, the carrier, and Google) are installed on the device at the time of manufacture. Core apps are apps pre-installed by Google. Third-party... |
| V-80335 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable authentication mechanisms providing user access to protected data other than a Password Authentication Factor, including biometric fingerprint, iris, face, voice, hybrid authentication factor: Disable Trust Agents.
Note: This requirement is Not Applicable (NA) if the non-Password Authentication Factor mechanism is included in the products Common Criteria evaluation (fingerprint and iris scan are allowed). | Trust Agents allow a user to unlock a mobile device without entering a passcode when the mobile device is, for example, connected to a user-selected Bluetooth device or in a user-selected... |
| V-80273 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must implement the management setting: Configure CONTAINER application disable list. | Applications from various sources (including the vendor, the carrier, and Google) are installed on the device at the time of manufacture. Core apps are apps pre-installed by Google. Third-party... |
| V-80337 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must be configured to disable authentication mechanisms providing user access to protected data other than a Password Authentication Factor, including biometric fingerprint, iris, face, voice, and hybrid authentication factor: Disable Trust Agents.
Note: This requirement is Not Applicable (NA) if the non-Password Authentication Factor mechanism is included in the products Common Criteria evaluation (fingerprint and iris scan are allowed). | Trust Agents allows a user to unlock a mobile device without entering a passcode when the mobile device is, for example, connected to a user-selected Bluetooth device or in a user-selected... |
| V-80275 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Configure CONTAINER application install blacklist. | Blacklisting all applications is required so only whitelisted applications can be installed on the device. Requiring all authorized applications to be in an application whitelist prevents the... |
| V-80277 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to enforce a CONTAINER application installation policy by specifying an application whitelist that restricts applications by the following characteristics: List of digital signatures, names. | The application whitelist, in addition to controlling the installation of applications on the mobile device (MD), must control user access/execution of all core and pre-installed applications, or... |
| V-80399 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Install DoD root and intermediate PKI certificates on the device. | DoD root and intermediate PKI certificates are used to verify the authenticity of PKI certificates of users and web services. If the root and intermediate certificates are not available, an... |
| V-80293 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox 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]: Disable unknown sources. | 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... |
| V-80397 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must implement the management setting: Enable Certificate Revocation Status (CRL) Check. | A CRL allows a certificate issuer to revoke a certificate for any reason, including improperly issued certificates and compromise of the private keys. Checking the revocation status of the... |
| V-80291 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER whitelist must be configured to not include applications with the following characteristics: Allows unencrypted (or encrypted but not FIPS 140-2 validated) data sharing with other mobile devices (MDs) or printers. | 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... |
| V-80421 | Medium | If a third-party VPN client is installed in the personal space, it must not be configured with a DoD network (work) VPN profile. | The device VPN must be configured to disable access from the personal space since it is considered an untrusted environment. Therefore, apps located in the personal space on the device should not... |
| V-80387 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable developer modes. | Developer modes expose features of the Samsung Android 8 with Knox that are not available during standard operation. An adversary may leverage a vulnerability inherent in a developer mode to... |
| V-80363 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must implement the management setting: Disable Allow New Admin Install. | An application with Administrator permissions (e.g., MDM agent) is allowed to configure policies on the device. If a user is allowed to install another MDM agent on the device, this will allow... |
| V-80267 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: CONTAINER Account whitelist. | Whitelisting of authorized email accounts (POP3, IMAP, EAS) prevents a user from configuring a personal email account that could be used to forward sensitive DoD data to unauthorized... |
| V-80361 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Disable Admin Remove. | DoD policy requires DoD mobile devices to be managed via a mobile device management service. If Admin Remove is not disabled, the mobile device user can remove the Administrator (MDM) from the... |
| V-80365 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must implement the management setting: Disable S Voice. | On Samsung Android 8 with Knox device CONTAINERs, users may be able to access the device's contact database or calendar to obtain phone numbers and other information using a human voice even when... |
| V-80281 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER whitelist must be configured to not include applications with the following characteristics: Back up mobile device (MD) data to non-DoD cloud servers (including user and application access to cloud backup services). | 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... |
| V-80345 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable multi-user modes. | Multi-user mode allows multiple users to share a mobile device by providing a degree of separation between user data. To date, no mobile device with multi-user mode features meets DoD requirements... |
| V-80341 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable authentication mechanisms providing user access to protected data other than a Password Authentication Factor, including biometric fingerprint, iris, face, voice, and hybrid authentication factor: Disable Face Recognition.
Note: This requirement is Not Applicable (NA) if the non-Password Authentication Factor mechanism is included in the products Common Criteria evaluation (fingerprint and iris scan are allowed). | The Face Recognition feature allows a user's face to be registered and used to unlock the device. This technology would allow unauthorized users to have access to DoD sensitive data if... |
| V-80343 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Disable automatic completion of CONTAINER browser text input. | The auto-fill functionality in the web browser allows the user to complete a form that contains sensitive information, such as personally identifiable information (PII), without previous knowledge... |
| V-80339 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable authentication mechanisms providing user access to protected data other than a Password Authentication Factor, including biometric fingerprint, iris, face, voice, and hybrid authentication factor: Disable Intelligent Scanning.
Note: This requirement is Not Applicable (NA) if the non-Password Authentication Factor mechanism is included in the products Common Criteria evaluation (fingerprint and iris scan are allowed). | The Intelligent Scanning feature allows a user's face and iris to be registered and used such that either authentication method returning a match will unlock the device.
Intelligent Scanning... |
| V-80309 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Disable sharing of notification details outside the CONTAINER when the CONTAINER is locked. | Application notifications can include DoD sensitive data. If made available outside the CONTAINER, this information will be accessible to personal applications, resulting in potential compromise... |
| V-80395 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Enable Certificate Revocation Status (CRL) Check. | A CRL allows a certificate issuer to revoke a certificate for any reason, including improperly issued certificates and compromise of the private keys. Checking the revocation status of the... |
| V-80327 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to lock the display after 15 minutes (or less) of inactivity. | The screen lock timeout must be set to a value that helps protect the device from unauthorized access. Having a too-long timeout would increase the window of opportunity for adversaries who gain... |
| V-80329 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to lock the CONTAINER after 15 minutes (or less) of inactivity. | The screen lock timeout must be set to a value that helps protect the device from unauthorized access. Having a too-long timeout would increase the window of opportunity for adversaries who gain... |
| V-80269 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: CONTAINER Account blacklist. | Blacklisting all email accounts is required so only whitelisted accounts can be configured.
SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47 |
| V-80371 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Disable Manual Date Time Changes. | Determining the correct time a particular application event occurred on a system is critical when conducting forensic analysis and investigating system events.
Periodically synchronizing... |
| V-80301 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Enable Audit Log. | Audit logs enable monitoring of security-relevant events and subsequent forensics when breaches occur. They help identify attacks so that breaches can either be prevented or limited in their... |
| V-80303 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable exceptions to the access control policy that prevents groups of application processes from accessing all data stored by other groups of application processes. | App data sharing gives apps the ability to access the data of other apps for enhanced user functionality. However, sharing also poses a significant risk that unauthorized users or apps will obtain... |
| V-80325 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Configure minimum CONTAINER password complexity. | Authentication mechanisms other than a Password Authentication Factor often provide convenience to users, but many of these mechanisms have known vulnerabilities. Configuring a minimum password... |
| V-80323 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Configure minimum password complexity. | Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. The ability to crack a password is a function of how many attempts an adversary is... |
| V-80419 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox VPN client must be configured in one of the following configurations:
1. Disabled;
2. Configured for CONTAINER use only; or
3. Configured for per app use for the personal side. | The device VPN must be configured to disable access from the personal space/CONTAINER since it is considered an untrusted environment. Therefore, apps located in the personal space on the device... |
| V-80289 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER whitelist must be configured to not include applications with the following characteristics: Allows synchronization of data or applications between devices associated with user. | 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... |
| V-80383 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to not allow backup of [all applications, configuration data] to locally connected systems. | Data on mobile devices is protected by numerous mechanisms, including user authentication, access control, and cryptography. When the data is backed up to an external system (either locally... |
| V-80359 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Disable Allow New Admin Install. | An application with Administrator permissions (e.g., MDM agent) is allowed to configure policies on the device. If a user is allowed to install another MDM agent on the device, this will allow... |
| V-80385 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to not allow backup of [all applications, configuration data] to remote systems: Deselect Allow Google Backup. | Backups to remote systems (including cloud backup) can leave data vulnerable to breach on the external systems, which often offer less protection than the Samsung Android 8 with Knox. Where the... |
| V-80409 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Disable sharing of clipboard information outside the CONTAINER. | The CONTAINER clipboard can include potentially DoD sensitive data such as names, contacts, dates and times, and locations. If made available outside the CONTAINER, this information will be... |
| V-80411 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable sharing of contact information outside the CONTAINER. | Contacts can include DoD sensitive data and personally identifiable information (PII) of DoD employees, including names, numbers, addresses, and email addresses. If made available outside the... |
| V-80367 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable USB mass storage mode. | USB mass storage mode enables the transfer of data and software from one device to another. This software can include malware. When USB mass storage is enabled on a mobile device, it becomes a... |
| V-80413 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Disable Move Applications to CONTAINER. | Applications determined to be acceptable for personal use outside the CONTAINER might not be acceptable for use within the CONTAINER. The Move Applications to CONTAINER feature allows users to... |
| V-80283 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER whitelist must be configured to not include applications with the following characteristics: Transmit mobile device (MD) diagnostic data to non-DoD servers. | 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... |
| V-80415 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox VPN client must be configured in one of the following configurations:
1. Disabled;
2. Configured for CONTAINER use only; or
3. Configured for per app use for the personal side. | The device VPN must be configured to disable access from the personal space/CONTAINER since it is considered an untrusted environment. Therefore, apps located in the personal CONTAINER on the... |
| V-80389 | Medium | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to enable authentication of personal hotspot connections to the device using a pre-shared key. | If no authentication is required to establish personal hotspot connections, an adversary may be able to use that device to perform attacks on other devices or networks without detection. A... |
| V-80417 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox VPN client must be configured in one of the following configurations:
1. Disabled;
2. Configured for CONTAINER use only; or
3. Configured for per app use for the personal side. | The device VPN must be configured to disable access from the personal space/CONTAINER since it is considered an untrusted environment. Therefore, apps located in the personal space on the device... |
| V-80375 | Medium | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must implement the management setting: Configure disable Share Via List. | The "Share Via List" feature allows the transfer of data between nearby Samsung devices via Android Beam, Wi-Fi Direct, Link Sharing, and Share to Device. If sharing were enabled, sensitive DoD... |
| V-80377 | Low | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must be configured to: Disable upload of DoD contact information. | Caller ID and spam protection apps let a user know who is calling even when the number is not on the user's contact list by using an online service to do the lookup. Users can also upload their... |
| V-80315 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to enforce a minimum password length of six characters. | Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. The ability to crack a password is a function of how many attempts an adversary is... |
| V-80353 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable automatic transfer of diagnostic data to an external device other than an MDM service with which the device has enrolled: Disable Google Usage and diagnostics. | 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... |
| V-80351 | Low | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must be configured to disable automatic transfer of diagnostic data to an external device other than an MDM service with which the device has enrolled: Disable Google Crash Report. | 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... |
| V-80357 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable all Bluetooth profiles except for HSP (Headset Profile), HFP (HandsFree Profile), and SPP (Serial Port Profile). | Some Bluetooth profiles provide the capability for remote transfer of sensitive DoD data without encryption or otherwise do not meet DoD IT security policies and therefore should be disabled.
SFR... |
| V-80319 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to not allow passwords that include more than two repeating or sequential characters. | Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. Passwords that contain repeating or sequential characters are significantly easier... |
| V-80403 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to display the DoD advisory warning message at start-up or each time the user unlocks the device. | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox is required to display the DoD-approved system use notification message or banner before granting access to the system that provides privacy and security notices... |
| V-80331 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to not allow more than 10 consecutive failed authentication attempts. | The more attempts an adversary has to guess a password, the more likely the adversary will enter the correct password and gain access to resources on the device. Setting a limit on the number of... |
| V-80333 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must implement the management setting: Configure to prohibit more than 10 consecutive failed CONTAINER authentication attempts. | The more attempts an adversary has to guess a password, the more likely the adversary will enter the correct password and gain access to resources on the device. Setting a limit on the number of... |
| V-80299 | Low | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must be configured to: Disable Bixby Vision. | Bixby Vision's image and text recognition capabilities use cloud-based processing. This may leak sensitive DoD data.
SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47 |
| V-80355 | Low | The Samsung Android 8 with Knox CONTAINER must be configured to disable automatic transfer of diagnostic data to an external device other than an MDM service with which the device has enrolled: Disable Google Usage and diagnostics. | 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... |
| V-80297 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to: Add the MDM Client application to the CONTAINER Battery optimizations modes Whitelist. | Doze and App Standby are power-saving features that extend battery life by deferring background CPU and network activity.
If the MDM Client is put into Doze or App Standby mode, the MDM... |
| V-80295 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to: Add the MDM Client application to the Battery optimizations modes Whitelist. | Doze and App Standby are power-saving features that extend battery life by deferring background CPU and network activity.
If the MDM Client is put into Doze or App Standby mode, the MDM... |
| V-80349 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable automatic transfer of diagnostic data to an external device other than an MDM service with which the device has enrolled: Disable Report Diagnostic Info. | 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... |
| V-80347 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to disable automatic transfer of diagnostic data to an external device other than an MDM service with which the device has enrolled: Disable Google Crash Report. | 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... |
| V-80321 | Low | Samsung Android 8 with Knox must be configured to not allow CONTAINER passwords that include more than two repeating or sequential characters. | Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. Passwords that contain repeating or sequential characters are significantly easier... |
