The operating system must automatically terminate emergency accounts after an organization-defined time period for each type of account.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000123-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000123-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000123-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
When emergency accounts are created, there is a risk that the emergency account may remain in place and active after the need for the account no longer exists. To address this, in the event emergency accounts are required, accounts that are designated as temporary in nature must be automatically terminated after an organization-defined time period. Such a process and capability greatly reduces the risk that accounts will be misused, hijacked, or data compromised. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding. No emergency accounts (if created, would be Active Directory accounts).

Description

When emergency accounts are created, there is a risk that the emergency account may remain in place and active after the need for the account no longer exists. To address this, in the event emergency accounts are required, accounts that are designated as temporary in nature must be automatically terminated after an organization-defined time period. Such a process and capability greatly reduces the risk that accounts will be misused, hijacked, or data compromised. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding. No emergency accounts (if created, would be Active Directory accounts).

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000123-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000123-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.