Details

Set permissions on local-settings.js so that it can only be modified or deleted by an Administrator.

Any users with the ability to modify the local-settings.js file can bypass all security configurations by changing the file or deleting it.

Solution

Deny non-administrators the ability to write to local-settings.js.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1158

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|AC-6(7)(b)

Source

• Tenable.com/audits