The vCenter Server for Windows must enable all tasks to be shown to Administrators in the Web Client.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-216851	VCWN-65-000029	SV-216851r612237_rule		Medium

Description
By default not all tasks are shown in the web client to administrators and only that user's tasks will be shown. Enabling all tasks to be shown will allow the administrator to potentially see any malicious activity they may miss with the view disabled.

STIG	Date
VMW vSphere 6.5 vCenter Server for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-06-23

Details

Check Text ( C-18082r366267_chk )
Verify the "webclient.properties" file contains the line "show.allusers.tasks = true". The default location for the "webclient.properties" file are: Appliance: /etc/vmware/vsphere-client/ Windows: C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\cfg\vsphere-client\ If "show.allusers.tasks" is not set to "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-18080r366268_fix)
Edit the "webclient.properties" file to set the "show.allusers.tasks" value to "true". The default location for the "webclient.properties" file are: Appliance: /etc/vmware/vsphere-client/ Windows: C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\cfg\vsphere-client\ After editing the file the vSphere Web Client service will need to be restarted.