STIGUI
V-234043CAT II — Medium severitySV-234043r612749_rule

The Tanium Client Deployment Tool (CDT) must not be configured to use the psexec method of deployment.

Rule version TANS-CL-000010 · STIG v2 · 2021-12-20

Discussion

When using the Tanium Client Deployment Tool (CDT), using psexec represents an increased vulnerability as the NTLM hash and clear text passwords of the authenticating user is exposed in the memory of the remote system.

To mitigate this vulnerability, the psexec method of deployment must not be used.

Check

Access the Tanium Module Server interactively.

Log on to the server with an account that has administrative privileges.

Navigate to Program Files(x86) >> Tanium >> Tanium Client Deployment Tool.

If the file "psexec.exe" exists, this is a finding.

Fix

Access the Tanium Module Server interactively.

Log on to the server with an account that has administrative privileges.

Navigate to Program Files(x86) >> Tanium >> Tanium Client Deployment Tool.

Remove the file "psexec.exe".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-234043
Group title
SRG-APP-000516
Rule ID
SV-234043r612749_rule
Check ID
C-37228r610629_chk
Fix ID
F-37193r610630_fix