The VMM must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from VMM management functionality.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-207401	SRG-OS-000132-VMM-000650	SV-207401r958514_rule		Medium

Description
VMM management functionality includes functions necessary for administration and requires privileged user access. Allowing non-privileged users to access VMM management functionality capabilities increases the risk that non-privileged users may obtain elevated privileges. VMM management functionality includes functions necessary to administer console, network components, workstations, or servers, and typically requires privileged user access. The separation of user functionality from VMM management functionality is either physical or logical and is accomplished by using different guest VMs, different computers, different central processing units, different instances of the VMM, different network addresses, different TCP/UDP ports, other virtualization techniques, combinations of these methods, or other methods, as appropriate.

Description

VMM management functionality includes functions necessary for administration and requires privileged user access. Allowing non-privileged users to access VMM management functionality capabilities increases the risk that non-privileged users may obtain elevated privileges. VMM management functionality includes functions necessary to administer console, network components, workstations, or servers, and typically requires privileged user access. The separation of user functionality from VMM management functionality is either physical or logical and is accomplished by using different guest VMs, different computers, different central processing units, different instances of the VMM, different network addresses, different TCP/UDP ports, other virtualization techniques, combinations of these methods, or other methods, as appropriate.

STIG	Date
Virtual Machine Manager Security Requirements Guide	2024-05-28

Details

Check Text ( C-7658r365613_chk )
Verify the VMM separates user functionality (including user interface services) from VMM management functionality. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-7658r365614_fix)
Configure the VMM to separate user functionality (including user interface services) from VMM management functionality.