Title

The Fax service must be disabled if installed. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Unnecessary services increase the attack surface of a system. Some of these services may not support required levels of authentication or encryption.

Check Content

Verify the Fax (fax) service is not installed or is disabled. Run "Services.msc". If the following is installed and not disabled, this is a finding: Fax (fax)

Fix Text

Remove or disable the Fax (fax) service.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID:

Vulnerability ID: V-26600

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Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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