The VMM must automatically audit account modification.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-207413	SRG-OS-000239	SRG-OS-000239-VMM-000810	SV-207413r958590_rule	2024-12-06	2

Description
Once an attacker establishes 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 modify an existing account. Auditing account modification actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many VMMs can be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.

Description

Once an attacker establishes 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 modify an existing account. Auditing account modification actions provides logging that can be used for forensic purposes. To address access requirements, many VMMs can 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 modification. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the VMM to automatically audit account modification.