Title

Applications designed to address malware issues and/or enforce policy pertaining to organizational use of mobile code must take corrective actions, when unauthorized mobile code is identified. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Decisions regarding the employment of mobile code within organizational information systems are based on the potential for the code to cause damage to the system if used maliciously. Mobile code technologies include: Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, PDF, Postscript, Shockwave movies, Flash animations, and VBScript. Usage restrictions and implementation guidance apply to both the selection and use of mobile code installed on organizational servers and mobile code downloaded and executed on individual workstations. Policy and procedures related to mobile code, address preventing the development, acquisition, or introduction of unacceptable mobile code within the information system. Rationale for non-applicability: The MDM SRG addresses malware issues.

Check Content

This requirement is NA for the MAPP SRG.

Fix Text

The requirement is NA. No fix is required.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-46828r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-35541

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Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.