The VMM must automatically audit account creation.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-207341	SRG-OS-000004	SRG-OS-000004-VMM-000040	SV-207341r958368_rule	2024-12-06	2

Description
Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to create an account. Auditing account creation actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many VMMs may be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

Description

Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to create an account. Auditing account creation actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many VMMs may be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the VMM automatically audits account creation. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the VMM to automatically audit account creation.