STIGUI
V-276567CAT II — Medium severitySV-276567r1263140_rule

The Samsung Android device must be configured to disable all data signaling over [assignment: list of externally accessible hardware ports (for example, USB)].

Rule version KNOX-16-010300 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

If a user is able to configure the security setting, the user could inadvertently or maliciously set it to a value that poses unacceptable risk to DoW information systems. An adversary could exploit vulnerabilities created by the weaker configuration to compromise DoW sensitive information.

SFR ID: FMT_MOF_EXT.1.2 #24

Check

Review the device configuration to confirm the USB port is disabled except for charging the device.

On the management tool: Verify "Disallow usb file transfer" is toggled to "OFF".

If on the management tool the USB port is not disabled, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the Samsung device to disable the USB port (except for charging the device).

On the management tool: Toggle "Disallow usb file transfer" to "OFF".

API: setUsbDataSignalingEnabled

Identifiers

Group ID
V-276567
Group title
PP-MDF-993300
Rule ID
SV-276567r1263140_rule
Check ID
C-80722r1139221_chk
Fix ID
F-80627r1139222_fix