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V-258657CAT II — Medium severitySV-258657r959010_rule

The Samsung Android device must be configured to enforce that Wi-Fi Sharing is disabled.

Rule version KNOX-14-125020 · STIG v2 · 2025-08-28

Discussion

Wi-Fi Sharing is an optional configuration of Wi-Fi Tethering/Mobile Hotspot, which allows the device to share its Wi-Fi connection with other wirelessly connected devices instead of its mobile (cellular) connection.

Wi-Fi Sharing grants the "other" device access to a corporate Wi-Fi network and may possibly bypass the network access control mechanisms. This risk can be partially mitigated by requiring the use of a preshared key for personal hotspots.

SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #47

Check

Verify requirement KNOX-14-110160 ("Disallow config tethering") has been implemented.

If "Disallow config tethering" has not been implemented, this is a finding.

Fix

Implement "Disallow config tethering" (refer to requirement KNOX-14-110160).

Identifiers

Group ID
V-258657
Group title
PP-MDF-993300
Rule ID
SV-258657r959010_rule
Check ID
C-62397r931169_chk
Fix ID
F-62306r931170_fix