The VMM must automatically audit account enabling actions.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-207439	SRG-OS-000303	SRG-OS-000303-VMM-001090	SV-207439r958684_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 simply enable a new or disabled account. Notification of account enabling is one method for mitigating this risk. 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 simply enable a new or disabled account. Notification of account enabling is one method for mitigating this risk. 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 enabling actions. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the VMM to automatically audit account enabling actions.