Details

Installation of Internet Information System (IIS) may allow unauthorized internet services to be hosted. Websites must only be hosted on servers that have been designed for that purpose and can be adequately secured.

Solution

Uninstall ‘Internet Information Services’ or ‘Internet Information Services Hostable Web Core’ from the system.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_10_V2R3_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 Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-7a.
• CAT|I
• CCI|CCI-000381
• Rule-ID|SV-220718r569187_rule
• STIG-ID|WN10-00-000100
• STIG-Legacy|SV-77867
• STIG-Legacy|V-63377
• Vuln-ID|V-220718

Source

• Tenable.com/audits