The administrator/MDM must configure an application whitelist, listing authorized applications and versions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-48333	KNOX-25-009100	SV-61205r1_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
Samsung Android (with Knox 1.x) STIG	2014-04-22

Details

Check Text ( C-50765r1_chk )
This validation procedure is performed on both the MDM Administration Console and the Samsung Knox Android device. Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console: 1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the list of whitelisted applications in the "Android Applications" rule. On the Samsung Knox Android device: 1. Attempt to install an application that is not in the application whitelist. If the device allows the user to successfully install the application, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-50765r1_chk )

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

Check whether the appropriate setting is configured on the MDM Administration Console:
1. Ask the MDM administrator to display the list of whitelisted applications in the "Android Applications" rule.

On the Samsung Knox Android device:
1. Attempt to install an application that is not in the application whitelist.

If the device allows the user to successfully install the application, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-51941r2_fix)
Configure the mobile device to use an application whitelist. On the MDM Administration Console, configure the list of whitelisted applications in the "Android Applications" rule.