Vulnerability Discussion

In certain situations, the nature of the vulnerability scanning may be more intrusive, or the information system component that is the subject of the scanning may contain highly sensitive information. Privileged access authorization to selected system components facilitates more thorough vulnerability scanning and also protects the sensitive nature of such scanning.

The vulnerability scanning application must use privileged access authorization for the scanning account.

Check

If the Mainframe Product has no function or capability to perform vulnerability scanning function this is not applicable.

Examine installation and configuration settings.

If the Mainframe Product employs an external security manager for all account management functions, this is not applicable.

If the Mainframe Product does not restrict privilege access to all information system infrastructure components to appropriate personnel, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the Mainframe Product account management settings to restrict privilege access to all information system infrastructure components to appropriate personnel.