| Finding ID |
Severity |
Title |
Description |
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V-223264
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High |
SharePoint must use mechanisms for authentication to a cryptographic module that meet the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for such authentication. |
Certain encryption types are no longer considered secure. This setting configures a minimum encryption type for SharePoint. Different versions of the Windows Server OS and versions of SharePoint will have different suites available. |
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V-223263
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High |
SharePoint must prevent non-privileged users from circumventing malicious code protection capabilities. |
Malicious code protection software must be protected to prevent a non-privileged user or malicious piece of software from disabling the protection mechanism. A common tactic of malware is to identify the type of malicious code protection software running on the system and deactivate it. Malicious code includes viruses, worms, Trojan... |
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V-223262
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High |
SharePoint must employ cryptographic mechanisms preventing the unauthorized disclosure of information during transmission, unless the transmitted data is otherwise protected by alternative physical measures. |
Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that applications take measures to employ some form of cryptographic mechanism in order to protect the information during transmission. This is usually achieved through the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS), SSL VPN, or IPSEC tunnel.
Alternative physical protection measures include Protected Distribution... |
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V-223260
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High |
SharePoint must implement an information system isolation boundary that minimizes the number of nonsecurity functions included within the boundary containing security functions. |
The information system isolates security functions from nonsecurity functions by means of an isolation boundary (implemented via partitions and domains) controlling access to and protecting the integrity of, the hardware, software, and firmware that perform those security functions. The information system maintains a separate execution domain (e.g., address space) for... |
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V-223259
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High |
SharePoint must maintain the confidentiality of information during aggregation, packaging, and transformation in preparation for transmission. When transmitting data, applications need to leverage transmission protection mechanisms such as TLS, SSL VPNs, or IPSec. |
Preventing the disclosure of transmitted information requires that applications take measures to employ some form of cryptographic mechanism in order to protect the information during transmission. This is usually achieved through the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS), SSL VPN, or IPSec tunnel.
Alternative physical protection measures include protected distribution... |
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V-223258
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High |
SharePoint must terminate user sessions upon user logoff, and when idle time limit is exceeded. |
This requirement focuses on communications protection at the application session, versus network packet level.
Session IDs are tokens generated by web applications to uniquely identify an application user's session. Applications will make application decisions and execute business logic based on the session ID. Unique session identifiers or IDs are the... |
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V-223257
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High |
SharePoint must ensure authentication of both client and server during the entire session. An example of this is SSL Mutual Authentication. |
This control focuses on communications protection at the session, versus packet level.
At the application layer, session IDs are tokens generated by web applications to uniquely identify an application user's session. Web applications utilize session tokens or session IDs in order to establish application user identity. Proper use of session... |
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V-223255
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High |
SharePoint must employ FIPS-validated cryptography to protect unclassified information when such information must be separated from individuals who have the necessary clearances yet lack the necessary access approvals. |
Certain encryption types are no longer considered secure. This setting configures a minimum encryption type for SharePoint. Different versions of the Windows Server OS and versions of SharePoint will have different suites available. |
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V-223254
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High |
SharePoint must employ NSA-approved cryptography to protect classified information. |
Certain encryption types are no longer considered secure. This setting configures a minimum encryption type for SharePoint. Different versions of the Windows Server OS and versions of SharePoint will have different suites available. |
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V-223252
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High |
SharePoint must implement required cryptographic protections using cryptographic modules complying with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance. |
Certain encryption types are no longer considered secure. This setting configures a minimum encryption type for SharePoint. Different versions of the Windows Server OS and versions of SharePoint will have different suites available. |
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V-223249
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High |
SharePoint must prevent the execution of prohibited mobile code. |
Decisions regarding the utilization of mobile code within organizational information systems need to include evaluations that help determine the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously.
Mobile code technologies include, for example, Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage... |
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V-223243
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High |
SharePoint must enforce approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information between interconnected systems in accordance with applicable policy. |
Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within an information system and between information systems (as opposed to who is allowed to access the information) and without explicit regard to subsequent accesses to that information.
From an application perspective, flow control is established once application data flow... |
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V-223241
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High |
SharePoint must use cryptography to protect the integrity of the remote access session. |
Remote access is any access to an organizational information system by a user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet). Examples of remote access methods include dial-up, broadband, and wireless.
Remote network access is accomplished by leveraging common communication protocols and establishing a remote... |
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V-223240
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High |
SharePoint must utilize approved cryptography to protect the confidentiality of remote access sessions. |
Remote access is any access to an organizational information system by a user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet). Examples of remote access methods include dial-up, broadband, and wireless.
Remote network access is accomplished by leveraging common communication protocols and establishing a remote... |
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V-223277
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Medium |
SharePoint must validate the integrity of security attributes exchanged between systems. |
When data is exchanged between information systems, the security attributes associated with said data need to be maintained.
Security attributes are an abstraction representing the basic properties or characteristics of an entity with respect to safeguarding information, typically associated with internal data structures (e.g., records, buffers, files) within the information... |
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V-223276
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Medium |
The SharePoint farm service account (database access account) must be configured with the minimum privileges for the local server. |
Separation of duties is a prevalent Information Technology control implemented at different layers of the information system including the operating system and in applications. It serves to eliminate or reduce the possibility that a single user may carry out a prohibited action. Separation of duties requires the person accountable for... |
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V-223275
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Medium |
SharePoint server access to the Online Web Part Gallery must be configured for limited access. |
Web Part galleries are groupings of Web Parts. There are four Web Part galleries: Closed Web Parts, Site Name Gallery, Server Gallery, and Online Gallery. The Online Gallery is a collection of Microsoft MSNBC Web Parts located on the Internet. Allowing users to access the Online Web Part Gallery causes... |
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V-223274
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Medium |
SharePoint-specific malware (i.e. anti-virus) protection software must be integrated and configured. |
Configuring anti-virus settings ensures documents will be scanned for viruses upon download from and upload to the SharePoint server. Anti-virus settings are not configured by default, therefore leaving the documents downloaded from or uploaded to SharePoint open to potential viruses. |
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V-223273
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Medium |
When configuring SharePoint Central Administration, the port number selected must comply with DoD Ports and Protocol Management (PPSM) program requirements. |
During the installation of Microsoft SharePoint, the Central Administration Web site is established on a randomly-assigned TCP port by default. Allowing a randomly-assigned default may result in use of a port which violates DoD policy or conflicts with ports already in use. Use of certain well-known ports may also result... |
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V-223270
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Medium |
The SharePoint setup account must be configured with the minimum privileges on the SQL server. |
Separation of duties is a prevalent Information Technology control implemented at different layers of the information system including the operating system and in applications. It serves to eliminate or reduce the possibility that a single user may carry out a prohibited action. Separation of duties requires the person accountable for... |
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V-223269
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Medium |
The SharePoint setup account must be configured with the minimum privileges in Active Directory. |
Separation of duties is a prevalent Information Technology control implemented at different layers of the information system including the operating system and in applications. It serves to eliminate or reduce the possibility that a single user may carry out a prohibited action. Separation of duties requires the person accountable for... |
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V-223268
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Medium |
The SharePoint farm service account (database access account) must be configured with minimum privileges on the SQL server. |
Separation of duties is a prevalent Information Technology control implemented at different layers of the information system including the operating system and in applications. It serves to eliminate or reduce the possibility that a single user may carry out a prohibited action. Separation of duties requires the person accountable for... |
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V-223267
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Medium |
The SharePoint farm service account (database access account) must be configured with minimum privileges in Active Directory (AD). |
Separation of duties is a prevalent Information Technology control implemented at different layers of the information system including the operating system and in applications. It serves to eliminate or reduce the possibility that a single user may carry out a prohibited action. Separation of duties requires the person accountable for... |
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V-223266
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Medium |
For environments requiring an Internet-facing capability, the SharePoint application server upon which Central Administration is installed, must not be installed in the DMZ. |
Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within an information system and between information systems (as opposed to who is allowed to access the information) and without explicit regard to subsequent accesses to the information.
SharePoint installed Central Administrator is a powerful management tool used to administer... |
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V-223265
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Medium |
The SharePoint Central Administration site must not be accessible from Extranet or Internet connections. |
SharePoint must prevent the presentation of information system management-related functionality at an interface utilized by general, (i.e., non-privileged), users.
The Central Administrator is an application used to manage SharePoint system settings and the settings of the web applications running under SharePoint. The Central Administrator application should both be protected using... |
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V-223261
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Medium |
SharePoint must implement security functions as a layered structure minimizing interactions between layers of the design and avoiding any dependence by lower layers on the functionality or correctness of higher layers. |
The information system isolates security functions from nonsecurity functions by means of an isolation boundary (implemented via partitions and domains) controlling access to, and protecting the integrity of, the hardware, software, and firmware that perform those security functions. The information system maintains a separate execution domain (e.g., address space) for... |
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V-223251
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Medium |
SharePoint must uniquely identify and authenticate non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of non-organizational users). |
Non-organizational users include all information system users other than organizational users, which include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors, guest researchers, individuals from allied nations).
Non-organizational users must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses other than those accesses explicitly... |
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V-223250
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Medium |
SharePoint must use replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged accounts. |
An authentication process resists replay attacks if it is impractical to achieve a successful authentication by recording and replaying a previous authentication message.
Techniques used to address this include protocols using nonces (e.g., numbers generated for a specific one-time use) or challenges (e.g., TLS, WS_Security), and time synchronous or challenge-response... |
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V-223248
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Medium |
SharePoint must reject or delay, as defined by the organization, network traffic generated above configurable traffic volume thresholds. |
It is critical when a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required; actions are automatically taken to mitigate the failure or risk of failure.
One method used to thwart the auditing system is for an attacker to attempt to overwhelm the auditing system with large... |
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V-223247
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Medium |
SharePoint must allow designated organizational personnel to select which auditable events are to be audited by specific components of the system. |
Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system, such as network interfaces, hard disks, modems, etc. From an application perspective, certain specific application functionalities may be audited as well.
The list of audited events is the set of events for which audits are to be generated.... |
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V-223246
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Medium |
SharePoint must display an approved system use notification message or banner before granting access to the system. |
Applications are required to display an approved system use notification message or banner before granting access to the system providing privacy and security notices consistent with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance and stating that:
(i) users are accessing a U.S. Government information system;
(ii)... |
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V-223245
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Medium |
SharePoint must provide the ability to prohibit the transfer of unsanctioned information in accordance with security policy. |
The application enforces approved authorizations for controlling the flow of information within the system and between interconnected systems in accordance with applicable policy.
Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within an information system and between information systems (as opposed to who is allowed to access the... |
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V-223244
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Medium |
SharePoint must identify data type, specification, and usage when transferring information between different security domains so policy restrictions may be applied. |
Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within an information system and between information systems (as opposed to who is allowed to access the information) and without explicit regard to subsequent accesses to that information.
An example of flow control restrictions includes the following: keeping export-controlled information... |
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V-223242
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Medium |
SharePoint must ensure remote sessions for accessing security functions and security-relevant information are audited. |
Remote access is any access to an organizational information system by a user (or an information system) communicating through an external, non-organization-controlled network (e.g., the Internet). Examples of remote access methods include dial-up, broadband, and wireless.
Remote network and system access is accomplished by leveraging common communication protocols to establish... |
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V-223239
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Medium |
SharePoint must maintain and support the use of security attributes with stored information. |
Security attributes are abstractions representing the basic properties or characteristics of an entity (e.g., subjects and objects) with respect to safeguarding information.
These attributes are typically associated with internal data structures (e.g., records, buffers, files) within the information system and are used to enable the implementation of access control and... |
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V-223238
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Medium |
SharePoint must support the requirement to initiate a session lock after 15 minutes of system or application inactivity has transpired. |
A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not log out because of the temporary nature of the absence. Rather than relying on the user to manually lock their application... |
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V-223272
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Low |
A secondary SharePoint site collection administrator must be defined when creating a new site collection. |
If a site reaches its maximum size, users will be denied access until an administrator fixes the problem. Having a secondary administrator reduces the risk of having a Denial-of-Service on a site. If the site reaches its maximum size, the secondary administrator can fix the problem if the primary administrator... |
