STIGUI
V-218795CAT I — High severitySV-218795r960963_rule

All IIS 10.0 web server sample code, example applications, and tutorials must be removed from a production IIS 10.0 server.

Rule version IIST-SV-000120 · STIG v3 · 2026-08-26

Discussion

Web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials may be an exploitable threat to a web server. A production web server may only contain components that are operationally necessary (i.e., compiled code, scripts, web content, etc.). Delete all directories containing samples and any scripts used to execute the samples.

Check

Navigate to the following folders:

inetpub\ Program Files\Common Files\System\msadc Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\msadc

If the folder or sub-folders contain any executable sample code, example applications, or tutorials which are not explicitly used by a production website, this is a finding.

Fix

Remove any executable sample code, example applications, or tutorials which are not explicitly used by a production website.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-218795
Group title
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000077
Rule ID
SV-218795r960963_rule
Check ID
C-20267r310860_chk
Fix ID
F-20265r310861_fix