Details

If a user is assigned the GID of a group not existing on the system, and a group with that GID is subsequently created, the user may have unintended rights to that group.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

From the vSphere Client/vCenter, click on the ‘Local Users and Groups’ tab, then select Groups. Highlight the user, right click the user and select Edit. Select/highlight/assign the user’s correct primary GID. Click OK.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_ESXi5_Server_V2R1_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system VMware.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CAT|III
• CCI|CCI-000366
• Group-ID|V-39274
• Rule-ID|SV-250571r798712_rule
• STIG-ID|GEN000380-ESXI5-000043
• STIG-Legacy|SV-51090
• STIG-Legacy|V-39274
• Vuln-ID|V-250571

Source

• Tenable.com/audits