Title

The application server must generate log records for privileged activities. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without generating log records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. Privileged activities would occur through the management interface. This interface can be web-based or can be command line utilities. Whichever method is utilized by the application server, these activities must be logged.

Check Content

Review the application server documentation and the system configuration to determine if the application server generates log records for privileged activities. If log records are not generated for privileged activities, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the application server to generate log records for privileged activities.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-204827r879875_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-204827

Group Title: SRG-APP-000504

Expert Comments

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