The vCenter VAMI service log files must only be accessible by privileged users.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259141	VCLD-80-000019	SV-259141r960930_rule		Medium

Description
Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to log records provides information an attacker could potentially use to their advantage since each event record might contain communication ports, protocols, services, trust relationships, user names, etc. The web server must protect the log data from unauthorized read, write, copy, etc. This can be done by the web server if the web server is also doing the logging function. The web server may also use an external log system. In either case, the logs must be protected from access by nonprivileged users. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000118-WSR-000068, SRG-APP-000119-WSR-000069, SRG-APP-000120-WSR-000070

Description

Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to log records provides information an attacker could potentially use to their advantage since each event record might contain communication ports, protocols, services, trust relationships, user names, etc. The web server must protect the log data from unauthorized read, write, copy, etc. This can be done by the web server if the web server is also doing the logging function. The web server may also use an external log system. In either case, the logs must be protected from access by nonprivileged users. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000118-WSR-000068, SRG-APP-000119-WSR-000069, SRG-APP-000120-WSR-000070

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-07-11

Details

Check Text ( C-62881r935325_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following commands: # find /var/log/vmware/applmgmt/ /var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/ -xdev -type f -a '(' -perm -o+w -o -not -user root -o -not -group root ')' -exec ls -ld {} \; # find /opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/ -xdev -type f -a '(' -perm -o+w -o -not -user lighttpd -o -not -group lighttpd ')' -exec ls -ld {} \; If any files are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62790r935326_fix)
At the command prompt, run the following commands for log files under /opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/: # chmod o-w # chown lighttpd:lighttpd At the command prompt, run the following commands for all other log files: # chmod o-w # chown root:root Note: Substitute with the listed file.