The VMM must prevent all software from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-207446	SRG-OS-000326	SRG-OS-000326-VMM-001160	SV-207446r958730_rule	2024-12-06	2

Description
In certain situations, guest VMs, applications, and programs need to execute with elevated privileges to perform required functions. However, if the privileges required for execution are at a higher level than the privileges assigned to VMM users invoking such applications/programs, those users are indirectly provided with greater privileges than assigned by organizations. Some guest VMs, applications, programs, and processes are required to operate at a higher privilege level and therefore should be excluded from this restriction after review.

Description

In certain situations, guest VMs, applications, and programs need to execute with elevated privileges to perform required functions. However, if the privileges required for execution are at a higher level than the privileges assigned to VMM users invoking such applications/programs, those users are indirectly provided with greater privileges than assigned by organizations. Some guest VMs, applications, programs, and processes are required to operate at a higher privilege level and therefore should be excluded from this restriction after review.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the VMM prevents all software from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software. If it does not, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the VMM to prevent all software from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software.