The vCenter Server for Windows must alert administrators on permission update operations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-216869	VCWN-65-000050	SV-216869r612237_rule		Medium

Description
If personnel are not notified of permission events, they will not be aware of possible unsecure situations.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-18100r366321_chk )
"From the vSphere Web Client go to Host and Clusters >> Select a vCenter Server >> Monitor >> Issues >> Alarm Definitions. Verify there is an alarm created to alert on permission additions. or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following command: Get-AlarmDefinition \| Where {$_.ExtensionData.Info.Expression.Expression.EventTypeId -eq ""vim.event.PermissionUpdatedEvent""} \| Select Name,Enabled,@{N=""EventTypeId"";E={$_.ExtensionData.Info.Expression.Expression.EventTypeId}} If an alarm is not created to alert on permission addition events, this is a finding."

Check Text ( C-18100r366321_chk )

"From the vSphere Web Client go to Host and Clusters >> Select a vCenter Server >> Monitor >> Issues >> Alarm Definitions.

Verify there is an alarm created to alert on permission additions.

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following command:
Get-AlarmDefinition | Where {$_.ExtensionData.Info.Expression.Expression.EventTypeId -eq ""vim.event.PermissionUpdatedEvent""} | Select Name,Enabled,@{N=""EventTypeId"";E={$_.ExtensionData.Info.Expression.Expression.EventTypeId}}

If an alarm is not created to alert on permission addition events, this is a finding."

Fix Text (F-18098r366322_fix)
From the vSphere Web Client select the vCenter server at the top of the hierarchy and go to >> Alarms >> Definitions. Right-click in the empty space and select "New Alarm". On the "General" tab provide an alarm name and description, Select "vCenter Server" for alarm type and "Monitor for specific events occurring on this object", check "Enable this alarm". On the "Triggers" tab, click "Add" for a trigger and in the event column enter "vim.event.PermissionUpdatedEvent" and click "OK".

Fix Text (F-18098r366322_fix)

From the vSphere Web Client select the vCenter server at the top of the hierarchy and go to >> Alarms >> Definitions. Right-click in the empty space and select "New Alarm". On the "General" tab provide an alarm name and description, Select "vCenter Server" for alarm type and "Monitor for specific events occurring on this object", check "Enable this alarm". On the "Triggers" tab, click "Add" for a trigger and in the event column enter "vim.event.PermissionUpdatedEvent" and click "OK".