The application server must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-204784 | SRG-APP-000340 | SRG-APP-000340-AS-000185 | SV-204784r961353_rule | 2025-02-11 | 4 |
| Description |
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| Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or processes may gain unnecessary access to information or privileges. Restricting non-privileged users also prevents an attacker, who has gained access to a non-privileged account, from elevating privileges, creating accounts, and performing system checks and maintenance. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Review application server documentation and configuration to verify that non-privileged users cannot access or execute privileged functions. Have a user logon as a non-privileged user and attempt to execute privileged functions. If the user is capable of executing privileged functions, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the application server to deny non-privileged users access to and execution of privileged functions. |