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V-222518

Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide

CAT II

Title

The application must be configured to disable non-essential capabilities.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>It is detrimental for applications to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. Applications are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essen...

Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)

Disable application extraneous application functionality that is not required in order to fulfill the application's mission.

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